Used affectionately for real grandpas in birthday posts and family throwbacks, 👴 brings a wholesome, storyteller vibe. It also pops up in sugar-daddy jokes or silver fox banter, though the artwork skews more adorable than suave. In group chats, a single well-timed old man can cool down a heated back-and-forth with pure dad-joke energy.
Visually, the old man emoji is the internet’s grandpa: a balding fellow with gray hair at the sides, soft wrinkles, and a kind, slightly tired smile. On Apple/iOS, he appears as a front-facing bust with warm yellow skin by default, curved brows, and a calm expression, usually in a muted shirt or sweater with Apple’s clean, flat shading. The look signals wisdom, weathered patience, and a pocket full of hard candies—and it’s instantly recognizable by that bald dome plus gray side fringe combo.
People drop it to summon grandpa energy: “back in my day” stories, early-bird specials, or the creaky-knees soundtrack after one squat. It’s big in irony—twenty-somethings reach for it when they need reading glasses for tiny fonts, or after discovering the “new” song they love came out in 2007. It can tease a friend for a boomer take, caption memes with “get off my lawn,” or play the straight man next to chaotic Gen Z slang. Pair it with a walking cane, newspapers, or zzz to signal bedtime-before-9 o’clock drama.
Definition
A grandpa, an Opa! He is friendly and happy with a bald head. iEmoji old name: Old Man.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1079 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:older_man:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Older Man
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Names & Annotations
OLDER MAN
Symbol Information
U+1F474 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1A7
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[おじいさん]
KDDI
#708 おじいさん 「ojiisan」 U+EB16 SJIS-F3D7 JIS-7A59
Softbank
#284 #old447 おじいさん 「ojiisan」 U+E518 SJIS-FBB8
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👴
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👴
Decimal HTML Entity
👴
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👴
Hex Code Point(s)
1f474
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F474
Decimal Code Point(s)
128116
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB4
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 B4
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 264
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC74
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc74
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56436
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F474
UTF-32 Hex
01F474
UTF-32 Dec
128116
Python Src
u"\U0001F474"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xb4"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC74"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
