Boy: Medium Skin Tone

👦🏽 is the medium skin tone version of 👦 Boy. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.

See the default 👦 Boy emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

boy

boy: light skin tone

boy: medium-light skin tone

boy: medium skin tone

boy: medium-dark skin tone

boy: dark skin tone

Where person emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Representing a person in a story, bio, or how-to
Choosing an avatar that matches age, hair, or skin tone

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: boy: medium skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F466 U+1F3FD
Hex: 1F466 1F3FD
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person
Skin tone: medium
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

boy · bright-eyed · child · grandson · kid · medium skin tone · son · young · younger

How it looks

Boy: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Boy: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Boy: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

Renders 👦🏽 with your system emoji font into PNG, WebP, or SVG. Pick a pixel size, then download.

Note: PNG and WebP use the emoji font installed on your device (Apple Color Emoji on macOS/iOS, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows, Noto Color Emoji on Android/Linux), so the look matches your platform. SVG embeds the character as text — rendering depends on the viewer.

Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 👦🏽. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 👦🏽 boy: medium skin tone emoji mean?: 👦🏽 is the medium skin tone version of 👦 Boy. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 👦🏽?: U+1F466 U+1F3FD.
When was the 👦🏽 boy: medium skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 👦🏽 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “boy”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 👦🏽 from this page with one click.