# 🧓 Older person emoji

🧓 Older person is an emoji in the people set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: adult, elderly, grandparent, old and wise.

- Emoji: 🧓
- Unicode name: older person
- Code points: U+1F9D3
- Category: People & body, People
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :older_adult:
- Keywords: adult, elderly, grandparent, old, person, wise
- Page: https://emojichart.com/older-person-emoji

## What it means

Captures an older adult with gray hair and no gender specified. It works well for elderly people, grandparents and seniors, for talk about age and wisdom, and jokingly for someone who feels old or acts like an old-timer.

## Skin tones

- 🧓🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/older-person-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D3 U+1F3FB
- 🧓🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/older-person-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D3 U+1F3FC
- 🧓🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/older-person-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D3 U+1F3FD
- 🧓🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/older-person-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D3 U+1F3FE
- 🧓🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/older-person-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D3 U+1F3FF

## How to type 🧓

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “older person”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “older person”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “older person”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “older person”.
- GitHub: Type :older_adult: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona mayor | adulto, género neutro, género no especificado, maduro, mayor, persona mayor |
| Français (fr) | personne âgée | adulte, âgé, genre neutre, non-genré, personne âgée |
| Deutsch (de) | ältere Person | alt, älter, erwachsen, Großeltern, Mensch, Person, weise |
| Italiano (it) | persona anziana | adulto anziano, anziana, anziano, persona, vecchia, vecchio |
| Português (pt) | idoso | adulto, avô, idoso, sábio, velho, vovó |
| Nederlands (nl) | oudere persoon | bejaard, genderneutraal, niet nader omschreven geslacht, oud, ouder persoon, oudere persoon, oudere volwassene, persoon, volwassene |
| Svenska (sv) | äldre person | äldre, äldre person, gammal, könsneutral, vuxen |
| Polski (pl) | starsza osoba | babcia, dziadek, osoba, siwa, siwy, stara, starsza, staruszek, staruszka, stary, starzec |
| Türkçe (tr) | yaşlı yetişkin | insan, kişi, yaşlı, yaşlı yetişkin |
| Русский (ru) | пожилой человек | в возрасте, гендерно нейтральный, пожилой, пожилой человек, старый |
| Українська (uk) | літня людина | гендерно-нейтральний, дідусь, дорослий, літня людина, людина, неозначеної статі, старий, старша людина, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεγαλύτερος ενήλικας | γέρος, ενήλικας, ηλικιωμένος, μεγαλύτερος ενήλικας |
| العربية (ar) | بالغ أكبر في السن | بالغ أكبر في السن, جد, ختيار, رجل, شايب, شيخ, عجوز, كبير, كبير السن, كبير في السن, كهل |
| עברית (he) | איש מבוגר | איש מבוגר, זקן, זקנה, מבוגר, מבוגרת, מגדר נייטרלי |
| فارسی (fa) | میان‌سال | پیر, پیر، مسن، میانسال, جنس خنثی, مسن, میان‌سال |
| हिन्दी (hi) | वृद्ध व्यक्ति | बुज़ुर्ग, लैंगिक रूप से निष्पक्ष, वृद्ध, वृद्ध व्यक्ति |
| বাংলা (bn) | বড় প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক | প্রাপ্ত বয়স্ক, বড় প্রাপ্তবয়স্ক, বয়স্ক, ব্যক্তি, মানুষ, লিঙ্গ-নিরপেক্ষ, স্মাইলি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lanjut usia | kakek, lanjut usia, netral gender, orang dewasa, tua |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người lớn tuổi | già, giới tính không xác định, giới tính trung lập, người lớn tuổi |
| ไทย (th) | คนชรา | แก่, คน, ฉลาด, ชรา, ตายาย, ปู่ย่า, ผู้ใหญ่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | お年寄り | お年寄り, 中性的, 大人, 老人, 顔, 高齢者 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 노인 | 노인, 성별 없음, 성인, 성중립적인 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 老年人 | 中性, 性别不明, 性别中性, 成人, 熟龄, 老人, 老年人, 老男人, 老龄 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 長者 | 老, 老人, 老男人, 長者 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ouer volwassene
- Akan (ak): Onipa a wanyini
- Albanian (sq): i ri
- Amharic (am): ያረጀ ጎልማሳ
- Armenian (hy): տարեց անձ
- Assamese (as): বয়স্ক প্ৰাপ্তবয়স্ক
- Azerbaijani (az): yaşlı böyük
- Bashkir (ba): оло кеше
- Basque (eu): agure
- Belarusian (be): у гадах
- Bosnian (bs): starija odrasla osoba
- Breton (br): den kozh
- Bulgarian (bg): по-възрастен човек
- Burmese (my): အသက်ကြီးသူ
- Cantonese (yue): 老人
- Catalan (ca): persona gran
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎦᏴᎵ ᎤᏔᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): ватӑрах ҫын
- Croatian (hr): starija osoba
- Czech (cs): starší dospělý člověk
- Danish (da): ældre menneske
- Estonian (et): eakas
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa idosa
- Faroese (fo): tilkomin
- Filipino (fil): mas matandang tao
- Finnish (fi): vanhus
- Galician (gl): persoa maior
- Georgian (ka): ჭარმაგი
- Gujarati (gu): વૃદ્ધ વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): babba mafi tsufa
- Hungarian (hu): idősebb felnőtt
- Icelandic (is): eldri fullorðinn
- Igbo (ig): kara dị okenye
- Irish (ga): seanduine
- Javanese (jv): wong tuwa
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿರಿಯ ವಯಸ್ಕರು
- Kazakh (kk): қарт адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارت ادام
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សចាស់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu mukuru ushaje
- Konkani (kok): जाणटो असो मनीस
- Kyrgyz (ky): кары адам
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): ri’j
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ໃຫຍ່ທີ່ມີອາຍຸ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): adulto mayor
- Latvian (lv): vecāks pieaugušais
- Lithuanian (lt): kitas suaugusysis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): starša wósoba
- Luxembourgish (lb): eeleren Erwuessenen
- Macedonian (mk): постаро возрасно лице
- Malay (ms): dewasa lebih tua
- Malayalam (ml): വയസ്സായ വ്യക്തി
- Maltese (mt): adulti anzjan
- Marathi (mr): प्रौढ
- Mongolian (mn): настай хүн
- Māori (mi): kaumātua
- Nepali (ne): पाको वयस्क
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Síniọ́ Pẹ́sin
- Northern Sotho (nso): mokgalabje yo mogolo
- Norwegian (no): eldre voksen
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): eldre vaksen
- Odia (or): ଅଧିକ ବୟସ୍କ
- Oromo (om): nama jaarsa
- Pashto (ps): زوړ شخص
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੱਡੀ ਉਮਰ ਦਾ ਆਦਮੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): سیانے بالغ
- Quechua (qu): ñawpa runa
- Romanian (ro): persoană în vârstă
- Romansh (rm): persuna pli veglia
- Sardinian (sc): persone antziana
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): seann-inbheach
- Serbian (sr): старија одрасла особа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): starija odrasla osoba
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းထဝ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): وڏي عمر جو بالغ
- Sinhala (si): මහලු වැඩිහිටියා
- Slovak (sk): starší človek
- Slovenian (sl): starejši odrasli
- Somali (so): qof weyn
- Swahili (sw): mzee
- Tajik (tg): калонсоли пир
- Tamil (ta): வயதானவர்
- Telugu (te): వృద్ధులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ብዕድመ ዝደፍአ ሰብ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha motuʻa
- Tswana (tn): mogolo yo o tsofetseng
- Turkmen (tk): gartaşan kişi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): starša wosoba
- Urdu (ur): بوڑھا بالغ
- Uyghur (ug): قېرىلار
- Uzbek (uz): qari odam
- Welsh (cy): oedolyn oedranus
- Wolof (wo): mag mu gën a màgget
- Xhosa (xh): umntu omdala ngakumbi
- Yoruba (yo): àgbàlagbà
- Zulu (zu): omdala omdala

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D3` |
| HTML | `🧓` |
| CSS | `\1F9D3` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D3}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D3` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 93` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD3` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%93` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧓 older person emoji mean?

Captures an older adult with gray hair and no gender specified. It works well for elderly people, grandparents and seniors, for talk about age and wisdom, and jokingly for someone who feels old or acts like an old-timer.

### How do I type the 🧓 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “older person”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :older_adult:.

### When was the 🧓 emoji added?

🧓 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧓?

U+1F9D3. In HTML you can write 🧓, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D3}.

### Does 🧓 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧓🏻 light, 🧓🏼 medium-light, 🧓🏽 medium, 🧓🏾 medium-dark and 🧓🏿 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/older-person-emoji