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People & Body

Unicode categoryShowing 875 of the 2,261 emoji in Unicode's People & Body group โ€” the rest are in DBEmoji collections. โ†’

Hands and gestures, body parts, people of every age, jobs, sports, families and couples โ€” most of them available in five skin tones. People & Body is one of the groups Unicode itself uses to organise emoji, and it holds 875 emoji โ€” 705 of them skin-tone versions. Click any emoji to copy it, or open it to see what it means and its Unicode codepoint.

875 emojisReviewed by DBEmoji EditorialUpdated

What's inside

  • Largest subgroups: Person Gesture (180), Person (168) and Person Fantasy (157)
  • Newest: ๐Ÿซ† fingerprint (Emoji 16.0, 2024), ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’ family: adult, adult, child (Emoji 15.1, 2023) and ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’โ€๐Ÿง’ family: adult, adult, child, child (Emoji 15.1, 2023)
  • 705 skin-tone versions, listed next to their base emoji

When to use these

  • Gestures that stand in for a reply, such as ๐Ÿ‘ or ๐Ÿ™
  • Representing yourself or someone else in a story or bio
  • Talking about work, sport and family

Hand Fingers Open60

Hand Fingers Partial53

Hand Single Finger41

Hand Fingers Closed36

Hands61

Hand Prop18

Body Parts47

Person168

Person Gesture180

Person Fantasy157

Person Resting30

Person Symbol10

Extras14

FAQ

How many People & Body emoji are there?

DBEmoji lists 875 People & Body emoji from Unicode Emoji 16.0, counting each of the 705 skin-tone versions separately โ€” 170 without them.

What are the newest People & Body emoji?

๐Ÿซ† fingerprint (Emoji 16.0, 2024), ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’ family: adult, adult, child (Emoji 15.1, 2023) and ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’โ€๐Ÿง’ family: adult, adult, child, child (Emoji 15.1, 2023). Older phones and computers may show recent emoji as empty boxes until their software supports that Emoji version.

How do I copy a People & Body emoji?

Click or tap it on this page and it is copied to your clipboard; paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V, or long-press and choose Paste on a phone.

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