Adult Emojis
10 emojis tagged adult in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.
Adult emojis cover grown human depictions — 🧑 person, 👨 man, 👩 woman, 🧓 older person, 👴 old man, 👵 old woman, 🧑🧑🧒 family: adult, adult, child, 🧑🧑🧒🧒 family: adult, adult, child, child, and various adult-specific role emojis. The 'adult' keyword is functional — used to distinguish from 👶 baby, 🧒 child, 🧑 person (which spans all adults gender-neutrally), and family groupings. Use them in inclusive content, demographic discussions, family configurations, and contexts where 'grown-up' status matters.
Frequently asked about adult emojis
What's the difference between 🧑 person and 👨/👩?
🧑 person was introduced in Unicode 10 (2017) as a gender-neutral adult. 👨 man and 👩 woman are the older gendered alternatives. Modern emoji role sequences (teacher, doctor, etc.) come in all three flavors with full skin-tone variation, giving designers and users flexibility.
How are family emojis structured?
Family emojis use ZWJ sequences combining adult and child emojis with optional gender modifiers. The newer 🧑🧑🧒 (adult+adult+child) uses gender-neutral parents, while older versions like 👨👩👧 (man+woman+girl) specify gender. Unicode now provides over 20 family configurations covering most common arrangements.
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