About people emojis
People emojis represent who we are and what we do โ every age, role, profession and family combination, plus the figures and silhouettes used to stand in for a person in a message. This page brings them all together in one scrollable grid.
From workers ๐ฉโ๐ป and superheroes ๐ฆธ to couples ๐, families ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง and people raising a hand ๐, each one copies with a single tap. Many people emojis also support skin-tone modifiers on supported keyboards, so you can pick the version that fits.
People emojis cover professions, families and everyday actions: ๐ฎ and ๐งโโ๏ธ for jobs, ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง for family posts, ๐คท for "no idea", ๐ for apology or gratitude, ๐ for sass. Nearly all support skin tones, and many support gender variants, making them the most customizable emoji group.
The shruggie ๐คท and facepalm ๐คฆ are the heavy rotation stars โ entire reactions compressed into one character. Family and couple emojis (๐ฉโโค๏ธโ๐จ, ๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆ) are technically multi-emoji sequences joined invisibly, which is why they occasionally break apart on older systems.
Frequently asked questions
How do I change the skin tone of a people emoji?
On most phone keyboards you long-press a person emoji to choose from five skin-tone modifiers. The copy-paste versions here use the default yellow, which you can recolor in any keyboard that supports tone selection.
What are the family emojis?
Family emojis combine adults and children into one glyph, such as ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง or ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ. They are built from joined characters, so a few may not display on older devices.
How do I copy a people emoji?
Click or tap any figure in the grid above and it is copied instantly, ready to paste into chats, captions, profiles and documents.
Why do some people emojis show as boxes?
Combined emojis like multi-person families rely on newer Unicode support. If a device is out of date it may show a box or split the emoji into separate parts.
What does ๐ mean?
Sassy confidence โ the "tipping hand" person delivers information with attitude, perfect for hot takes and hair-flip energy.
Why do family emojis sometimes split into separate people?
Family and couple emojis are several emojis joined by an invisible connector; systems that don't support a given combination display the individual members instead.
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