# 👦🏽 Boy emoji: medium skin tone

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

- Emoji: 👦🏽
- Unicode name: boy: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F466 U+1F3FD
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [👦 Boy](https://emojichart.com/boy-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-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-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/boy-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F466 U+1F3FC
- 👦🏾 [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 skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)

## How to type 👦🏽

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “boy”, then pick medium 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 medio | joven, niño, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | garçon : peau légèrement mate | émoticône, enfant, garçon, jeune, peau légèrement mate, personne |
| Deutsch (de) | Junge: mittlere Hautfarbe | Enkelsohn, Gesicht, jung, Junge, jünger, Kind, mittlere Hautfarbe, munter, Sohn, strahlend |
| Italiano (it) | bambino: carnagione olivastra | bambino, bimbo, carnagione olivastra, giovane, persona, persone, ragazzino, tenero |
| Português (pt) | menino: pele morena | garoto, guri, jovem, loiro, menino, pele morena, pessoas, piá |
| Nederlands (nl) | jongen: getinte huidskleur | getinte huidskleur, jong, jongen, kind, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | pojke: mellanfärgad hy | kille, mellanfärgad hy, pojke, ung |
| Polski (pl) | chłopiec: karnacja średnia | chłopiec, dziecko, głowa, karnacja średnia, młody |
| Türkçe (tr) | erkek çocuk: orta cilt tonu | erkek, erkek çocuk, insan, kişiler, oğlan çocuk, orta cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | мальчик: средний тон кожи | дитя, маленький, малыш, мальчик, ребенок, средний тон кожи, сын |
| Українська (uk) | хлопчик: помірний тон шкіри | людина, малеча, помірний тон шкіри, хлопець, хлопчик |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αγόρι: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | αγόρι, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, νεαρός, παιδί |
| العربية (ar) | صبي: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, ذكر, شاب, شب, صبي, ولد |
| עברית (he) | בן: גוון עור בינוני | בן, גוון עור בינוני, ילד, ינוקא, נער, פעוט, צעיר |
| فارسی (fa) | پسر: پوست طلایی | آدم, پسر, پسربچه, پوست طلایی, جوان, مذکر, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लड़का: गेहुँआ त्वचा | गेहुँआ त्वचा, बच्चा, लड़का, लोग |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলে: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | ছেলে, পুরুষ, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, যুবক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | anak laki-laki: warna kulit sedang | anak, anak kecil, cowok, laki-laki, lelaki, muda, pria, rambut pirang, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con trai: màu da trung bình | cậu bé, con trai, màu da trung bình |
| ไทย (th) | เด็กชาย: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | คน, เด็ก, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ลูก, หนุ่ม, หลาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 男の子: 中間の肌色 | 中間の肌色, 子供, 少年, 男の子, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 아이: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 남자 아이, 소년, 어린이, 젊은 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男孩: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 儿童, 孩子, 小孩, 男, 男孩 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男孩：淺褐皮膚 | 淺褐皮膚, 男孩 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seun: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): djalë: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ልጅ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): տղա․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): ল’ৰা: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): oğlan: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): малай: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): mutila: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): хлопчык: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): dječak: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): момче: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ယောက်ျားကလေး − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): garçon : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 男仔: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男仔: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): noi: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏧᏣ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男孩：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арçын ача: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): dječak: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): chlapec: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): dreng: medium teint
- Estonian (et): poiss: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): rapaz: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): drongur: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): batang lalaki: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): poika: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): neno: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): ბიჭი: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): છોકરો: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): yaro: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): boy: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): fiú: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): drengur: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwa nwoke: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): buachaill: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): bocah lanang: kulit kuning
- Kabyle (kab): aqcic: taglimt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಹುಡುಗ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): ұл: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇل: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ក្មេងប្រុស: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuhungu: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): चलो: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): бала: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ala: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເດັກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): zēns: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): figgeu masccio: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): berniukas: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gólc: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Jong: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): момче: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): kanak-kanak lelaki: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): ആൺകുട്ടി: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): tifel: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मुलगा: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): эрэгтэй хүүхэд: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tamatāne: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): केटा: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Smọ́l Bọi: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): mošemane: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): gutt: hudtype 4
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): gut: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ବାଳକ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): gurbaa: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): هلک: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੁੰਡਾ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): منڈا: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): yuqalla: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): băiat: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): mattet: pel media
- Sardinian (sc): pitzinnu: pedde de colore mèdiu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gille: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): дечак: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): дјечак: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dečak: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): dječak: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဢွၼ်ႇၸၢႆး: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڇوڪرو: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි ළමයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): chlapec: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): fant: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): wiil: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mvulana: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): писар: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): சிறுவன்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): అబ్బాయి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ወዲ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tamasiʻi: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): mosimane: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): oglan: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hólc: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): لڑکا: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئوغۇل: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): o‘g‘il bola: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): bachgen: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): xale bu góor: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): inkwenkwe: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọmọkùnrin: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔmɔkùnrin: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umfana: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F466 U+1F3FD` |
| HTML | `👦🏽` |
| CSS | `\1F466\1F3FD` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F466}\u{1F3FD}` |
| Python | `\U0001F466\U0001F3FD` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 A6 F0 9F 8F BD` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC66 D83C DFFD` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%A6%F0%9F%8F%BD` |

## 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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

👦🏽 is the 👦 boy emoji with medium skin tone. It's 👦 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F466 U+1F3FD.

### How do I type 👦🏽?

Find 👦 in your emoji keyboard by searching “boy”, then press and hold it and choose medium 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+1F3FD. 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-skin-tone-emoji