👦 Boy

Unicode lists 👦 Boy among the people in the People & Body group. Typical contexts are bright-eyed, child, grandson and kid. The keyword list continues with son, young and younger.

You can drop 👦 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under People and Body. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F466. The emoji also comes in 5 skin tone variants, listed in the sidebar.

• A single 👦 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about bright-eyed, child, grandson and kid.
• Often seen near 🧒 Child, 🧒🏻 Child: Light Skin Tone and 👦🏻 Boy: Light Skin Tone.

• 👦🧒 – Boy and Child
• 👦🧑 – Boy with Person
• 👦👨 – Boy plus Man
• 👦👧 – Boy and Girl
• 👦👶 – Boy with Baby
• 👦👱 – Boy plus Person: Blond Hair

Easy to mix up with 🧒 Child, 🧒🏻 Child: Light Skin Tone or 👦🏻 Boy: Light Skin Tone. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.