People & Body · Emoji 4.0
👨👦👦Family Man, Boy, Boy Emoji
👨👦👦 shows a dad with two sons. It’s used for single fathers raising two boys, often with a “just us guys” tone.
It shows one man flanked by two boys, added in 2016 to round out single-parent family emoji.
- Unicode
- U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :man-
boy- boy: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 👨👦👦 Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji mean?
02 — Platforms
Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the family man, boy, boy as 5 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :man-boy-boy:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the family man, boy, boy, code point U+1F468.
04 — How to type
How to type the 👨👦👦 Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji
No picker to hand? The family man, boy, boy can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 5. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
06 — Combinations
Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around family man, boy, boy for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 👨👦👦 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What 👨👦👦 means in other countries
A father raising two sons — read as a literal household description with no variation across cultures.
flags posts specifically about single fatherhood with two boys
sometimes used to joke about being outnumbered by sons at home
Before you send it: Straightforward; send it whenever it matches the actual family you're describing.
09 — Apps
What 👨👦👦 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the family man, boy, boy lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
👨👦👦 vs 👩👩👦 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Family Man, Boy, Boy
Code: U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466 · added 2016
Shortcode: :man-boy-boy:
👨👦👦 shows a dad with two sons.
Unicode name: Family Woman, Woman, Boy
Code: U+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466 · added 2015
Shortcode: :woman-woman-boy:
👩👩👦 shows a two-mom family with a son.
12 — History
Where the 👨👦👦 Family Man, Boy, Boy emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Family Man, Boy, Boy was approved as U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466 and shipped in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 👨👦👦 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ