People & Body · Emoji 15.1

Family Adult, Child emojiFamily Adult, Child Emoji

🧑‍🧒 shows a gender-neutral adult with a child. It’s used for a single parent or guardian when mom/dad emoji don’t fit.

It shows one adult with a child, both without gendered features, added in 2023 as a neutral option in the single-parent family set.

Download PNG / SVG
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2
Released
2023
Shortcode
:family_adult_child:
Skin tones
No

Added in Emoji 15.1. On phones older than iOS 17 / Android 14 it arrives as an empty box — the character exists, the artwork does not.

U+1F9D1 +2Twitter / X
Family Adult, Child emoji, Twitter / X design

01 — Meaning

What does the 🧑‍🧒 Family Adult, Child emoji mean?

In plain english
🧑‍🧒 shows a gender-neutral adult with a child. It’s used for a single parent or guardian when mom/dad emoji don’t fit. 🧑‍🧒 sits in hand emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in blue emojis.
Where it comes from
It shows one adult with a child, both without gendered features, added in 2023 as a neutral option in the single-parent family set. It’s used by nonbinary parents, guardians, or anyone raising a kid solo who doesn’t want the emoji to assume their gender.
Also known as

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

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02 — Platforms

Family Adult, Child emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

The character you send is always U+1F9D1. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 4.

Family Adult, Child emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS
Family Adult, Child emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome
Family Adult, Child emoji on Twitter / X
Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps
Family Adult, Child emoji on OpenMoji
OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

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

03 — Copy & codes

Family Adult, Child 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 :family_adult_child:.

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In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F9D1.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🧑‍🧒 Family Adult, Child emoji

Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F9D1 when there is no key at all.

iPhone & iPad
Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “family adult, child”. 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 “family adult, child”.
Slack & Discord
Type the shortcode :family_adult_child: and it converts to 🧑‍🧒 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.
Websites & code
In HTML use 🧑‍🧒, in CSS \1F9D1\200D\1F9D2, in JavaScript \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F9D2}.
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

Family Adult, Child emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the family adult, child as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 4 of them.

Emoji PNG library →
Download Family Adult, Child emoji, Apple style Apple PNG · 160px Download Family Adult, Child emoji, Google style Google PNG · 160px Download Family Adult, Child emoji, Twitter / X style Twitter / X PNG · 64px Download Family Adult, Child emoji, OpenMoji style OpenMoji SVG vector

06 — Combinations

Family Adult, Child emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around family adult, child 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
A woman sends this when she wants to represent her family without defaulting to the “mom” emoji — maybe she’s nonbinary, or she’s a guardian like an aunt or grandmother raising a niece or nephew alone, on her own.
From a guy
A guy uses this for similar reasons, choosing a neutral option over the “dad” emoji when raising a child solo simply doesn’t need a gendered label attached to it at all, ever, in his opinion.
How to reply
If someone sends you 🧑‍🧒, you could reply with: "Sweet family", "You’re doing great", or "That little one is lucky to have you."
Used in a sentence

08 — Around the world

What 🧑‍🧒 means in other countries

One adult and one child, gender-neutral — the plainest possible “parent and kid” marker available.

Reads the same almost everywhere
single-parent contexts

used without indicating whether the parent or child is male or female

guardian/caregiver posts

fits situations where the adult isn't necessarily the biological parent

Before you send it: A flexible default; reach for it whenever specifying gender just isn't necessary.

09 — Apps

What 🧑‍🧒 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

Chat apps do not change U+1F9D1, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.

TikTok & Instagram
🧑‍🧒 shows a gender-neutral adult with a child. It’s used for a single parent or guardian when mom/dad emoji don’t fit. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.
WhatsApp
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 :family_adult_child:. 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.

11 — Difference

🧑‍🧒 vs 👪 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🧑‍🧒 Family Adult, Child

Unicode name: Family Adult, Child

Code: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 · added 2023

Shortcode: :family_adult_child:

🧑‍🧒 shows a gender-neutral adult with a child.

👪 Family

Unicode name: Family

Code: U+1F46A · added 2010

Shortcode: :family:

Generally, the 👪 emoji means family.

Open 👪 Family →

12 — History

Where the 🧑‍🧒 Family Adult, Child emoji came from

It arrived with the 15.1 release of the standard, which dates the family adult, child to 2023.

Twitter / XTwemoji
Family Adult, Child emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 15
Twemoji 15
Family Adult, Child emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16
Twemoji 16
Family Adult, Child emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17
Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 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.

2023
Added to the standard

Family Adult, Child was approved as U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 and shipped in Emoji 15.1 (2023). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today
Drawn 4 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🧑‍🧒 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

13 — FAQ

Family Adult, Child emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🧑‍🧒 Family Adult, Child emoji mean?
🧑‍🧒 shows a gender-neutral adult with a child. It’s used for a single parent or guardian when mom/dad emoji don’t fit.
What does 🧑‍🧒 mean from a girl?
A woman sends this when she wants to represent her family without defaulting to the “mom” emoji — maybe she’s nonbinary, or she’s a guardian like an aunt or grandmother raising a niece or nephew alone, on her own.
What does 🧑‍🧒 mean from a guy?
A guy uses this for similar reasons, choosing a neutral option over the “dad” emoji when raising a child solo simply doesn’t need a gendered label attached to it at all, ever, in his opinion.
How do you reply to the 🧑‍🧒 emoji?
If someone sends you 🧑‍🧒, you could reply with: "Sweet family", "You’re doing great", or "That little one is lucky to have you."
What else is the 🧑‍🧒 emoji called?
Family Adult, Child is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “adult emoji”, “child emoji”, “family emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2.
What is the Unicode code for 🧑‍🧒?
The Family Adult, Child emoji is U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2, added in Emoji 15.1 (2023). In HTML you can write it as 🧑‍🧒, and in CSS as \1F9D1\200D\1F9D2.
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 :family_adult_child: for Slack and Discord.
Does 🧑‍🧒 look the same on every phone?
No. Family Adult, Child is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1F9D1. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.