🚸 Children Crossing Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste, Codes

01 — Meaning

What does the 🚸 Children Crossing emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, it means there are children crossing the street nearby. People use it to warn others or point out a potential hazard. It’s a quick way to signal awareness. 🚸 sits in space emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in yellow emojis.

Where it comes from

The 🚸 emoji is officially called “Children Crossing”. It depicts a school zone sign with a child figure. People use it when they see children walking or crossing the street, especially near schools. It’s a visual reminder of safety and caution when kids are present. You’d see it used in situations involving children, like sharing a photo of kids walking to school or commenting on a dangerous street crossing.

Also known as

People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.

child emojichildren emojicrossing emojipedestrian emojitraffic emoji

02 — Platforms

Children Crossing emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the children crossing has been drawn in 3 ways.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

SamsungGalaxy, One UI

MicrosoftWindows, Teams, Fluent

WhatsAppWhatsApp on Android

JoyPixelsSlack, Discord themes

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Children Crossing 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 :children_crossing:.

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In your code

Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F6B8.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🚸 Children Crossing emoji

No picker to hand? The children crossing can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “children crossing”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “children crossing”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :children_crossing: and it converts to 🚸 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🚸, in CSS \1F6B8, in JavaScript \u{1F6B8}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Children Crossing emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the children crossing as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.

Emoji PNG library →

Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

Samsung PNG · 64px

Microsoft PNG · 64px

WhatsApp PNG · 64px

JoyPixels PNG · 64px

06 — Combinations

Children Crossing emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around children crossing for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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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

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl

If a girl sends you the 🚸 emoji, she's likely highlighting a situation that feels vulnerable or requires extra care. Often, it represents a concern about someone’s safety, particularly a child’s. It’s not necessarily malicious, but a genuine observation.

From a guy

If a guy sends you the 🚸 emoji, he might be expressing a feeling of worry or concern, similar to what a girl would convey. It can indicate a sense of responsibility or a reminder of the need for caution when around children. It’s a straightforward, often serious, expression.

How to reply

If someone sends you 🚸, you could reply with: “Watch out!” 🚸 “Be careful!” 🚸 “Safety first!” 🚸 “That’s important!” 🚸

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🚸 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.

TikTok & Instagram

Generally, it means there are children crossing the street nearby. People use it to warn others or point out a potential hazard. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🚸 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🚸 in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :children_crossing:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🚸 looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🚸 from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the Children Crossing emoji

Same family (warning) — often confused with children crossing or used alongside it.

Symbols →

☢️Radioactive ☣️Biohazard ⛔️No Entry 🚫Prohibited 🚷No Pedestrians 🚯No Littering 🚳No Bicycles 🚱Non-potable Water 🔞No One Under Eighteen 📵No Mobile Phones 🚭No Smoking ⚠️Warning

Collections 🚸 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

space emojis yellow emojis

10 — History

Where the 🚸 Children Crossing emoji came from

It arrived with the 1.0 release of the standard, which dates the children crossing to 2015.

AppleiOS

Children Crossing emoji, Apple, iOS 18.4 — iOS 18.4

Children Crossing emoji, Apple, iOS 26 — iOS 26

GoogleAndroid

Children Crossing emoji, Google, Blob, 2017 — Blob, 2017

Children Crossing emoji, Google, Redesign, 2017 — Redesign, 2017

Children Crossing emoji, Google, Android 2018 — Android 2018

Children Crossing emoji, Google, Android 2020 — Android 2020

Twitter / XTwemoji

Children Crossing emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Children Crossing emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F6B8 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.

2015

Added to the standard

Children Crossing was approved as U+1F6B8 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today

Drawn 9 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🚸 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

11 — FAQ

Children Crossing emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🚸 Children Crossing emoji mean?

Generally, it means there are children crossing the street nearby. People use it to warn others or point out a potential hazard. It’s a quick way to signal awareness.

What does 🚸 mean from a girl?

If a girl sends you the 🚸 emoji, she's likely highlighting a situation that feels vulnerable or requires extra care. Often, it represents a concern about someone’s safety, particularly a child’s. It’s not necessarily malicious, but a genuine observation.

What does 🚸 mean from a guy?

If a guy sends you the 🚸 emoji, he might be expressing a feeling of worry or concern, similar to what a girl would convey. It can indicate a sense of responsibility or a reminder of the need for caution when around children. It’s a straightforward, often serious, expression.

How do you reply to the 🚸 emoji?

If someone sends you 🚸, you could reply with: “Watch out!” 🚸 “Be careful!” 🚸 “Safety first!” 🚸 “That’s important!” 🚸

What else is the 🚸 emoji called?

Children Crossing is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “child emoji”, “children emoji”, “crossing emoji”, “pedestrian emoji”, “traffic emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F6B8.

What is the Unicode code for 🚸?

The Children Crossing emoji is U+1F6B8, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML you can write it as 🚸, and in CSS as \1F6B8.

How do I copy and paste the 🚸 emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🚸 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :children_crossing: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🚸 look the same on every phone?

No. Children Crossing is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp and JoyPixels all ship their own artwork for U+1F6B8. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

🚸Children Crossing Emoji

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