# 👦🏼 Boy emoji: medium-light skin tone

👦🏼 is the boy emoji (👦) with medium-light skin tone. It's 👦 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 👦🏼
- Unicode name: boy: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F466 U+1F3FC
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👦 Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A young boy with short hair. It represents a boy or young son and is used for male children. Sons, little brothers, boys and youth come up with it, in posts about family, school or growing up.

## Other skin tones

- 👦 [Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md)
- 👦🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FB
- 👦🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FD
- 👦🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FE
- 👦🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

👦🏼 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 👦 [Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md) (U+1F466)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## How to type 👦🏼

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “boy”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | niño: tono de piel claro medio | joven, niño, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | garçon : peau moyennement claire | émoticône, enfant, garçon, jeune, peau moyennement claire, personne |
| Deutsch (de) | Junge: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Enkelsohn, Gesicht, jung, Junge, jünger, Kind, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, munter, Sohn, strahlend |
| Italiano (it) | bambino: carnagione abbastanza chiara | bambino, bimbo, carnagione abbastanza chiara, giovane, persona, persone, ragazzino, tenero |
| Português (pt) | menino: pele morena clara | garoto, guri, jovem, loiro, menino, pele morena clara, pessoas, piá |
| Nederlands (nl) | jongen: lichtgetinte huidskleur | jong, jongen, kind, lichtgetinte huidskleur, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | pojke: mellanljus hy | kille, mellanljus hy, pojke, ung |
| Polski (pl) | chłopiec: karnacja średnio jasna | chłopiec, dziecko, głowa, karnacja średnio jasna, młody |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek çocuk: orta açık cilt tonu | erkek, erkek çocuk, insan, kişiler, oğlan çocuk, orta açık cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | мальчик: светлый тон кожи | дитя, маленький, малыш, мальчик, ребенок, светлый тон кожи, сын |
| Українська (uk) | хлопчик: помірно світлий тон шкіри | людина, малеча, помірно світлий тон шкіри, хлопець, хлопчик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αγόρι: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | αγόρι, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, νεαρός, παιδί |
| العربية (ar) | صبي: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, ذكر, شاب, شب, صبي, ولد |
| עברית (he) | בן: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | בן, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, ילד, ינוקא, נער, פעוט, צעיר |
| فارسی (fa) | پسر: پوست روشن | آدم, پسر, پسربچه, پوست روشن, جوان, مذکر, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लड़का: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | बच्चा, लड़का, लोग, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, যুবক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | anak laki-laki: warna kulit cerah-sedang | anak, anak kecil, cowok, laki-laki, lelaki, muda, pria, rambut pirang, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con trai: màu da sáng trung bình | cậu bé, con trai, màu da sáng trung bình |
| ไทย (th) | เด็กชาย: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | คน, เด็ก, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ลูก, หนุ่ม, หลาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男の子: やや薄い肌色 | やや薄い肌色, 子供, 少年, 男の子, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 아이: 연한 갈색 피부 | 남자 아이, 소년, 어린이, 연한 갈색 피부, 젊은 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男孩: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 儿童, 孩子, 小孩, 男, 男孩 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男孩：黃皮膚 | 男孩, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seun: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): djalë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ልጅ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): տղա․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): ল’ৰা: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): oğlan: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): малай: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): mutila: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): хлопчык: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): dječak: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): момче: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ယောက်ျားကလေး − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): garçon : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 男仔: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男仔: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): noi: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏧᏣ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): арçын ача: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): dječak: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): chlapec: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): dreng: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): poiss: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): rapaz: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): drongur: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): batang lalaki: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): poika: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): neno: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ბიჭი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): છોકરો: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): yaro: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): boy: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): fiú: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): drengur: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwa nwoke: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): buachaill: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): bocah lanang: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): aqcic: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಹುಡುಗ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): ұл: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇل: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): ក្មេងប្រុស: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuhungu: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): चलो: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): бала: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ala: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເດັກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): zēns: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): figgeu masccio: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): berniukas: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gólc: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Jong: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): момче: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): kanak-kanak lelaki: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): ആൺകുട്ടി: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): tifel: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुलगा: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй хүүхэд: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tamatāne: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): केटा: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Smọ́l Bọi: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mošemane: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): gutt: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): gut: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ବାଳକ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): gurbaa: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): هلک: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੁੰਡਾ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منڈا: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): yuqalla: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): băiat: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): mattet: pel mez clera
- Sardinian (sc): pitzinnu: pedde bastante crara
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gille: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): дечак: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): дјечак: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dečak: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): dječak: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ဢွၼ်ႇၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ڇوڪرو: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි ළමයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): chlapec: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): fant: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): wiil: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mvulana: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): писар: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சிறுவன்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): అబ్బాయి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ወዲ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tamasiʻi: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): mosimane: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): oglan: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hólc: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): لڑکا: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئوغۇل: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): o‘g‘il bola: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): bachgen: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): xale bu góor: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwe: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọmọkùnrin: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔmɔkùnrin: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umfana: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F466 U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `👦🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F466\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F466}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F466\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 A6 F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC66 D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%A6%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## Questions

### What does 👦🏼 mean?

A young boy with short hair. It represents a boy or young son and is used for male children. Sons, little brothers, boys and youth come up with it, in posts about family, school or growing up. 👦🏼 shows it with medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 👦🏼 and 👦?

👦🏼 is the 👦 boy emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 👦 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F466 U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 👦🏼?

Find 👦 in your emoji keyboard by searching “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 👦🏼?

U+1F466 U+1F3FC. In HTML you can write 👦🏼

### When was 👦🏼 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji