Meaning
Its official Unicode name is boy, filed under people in the people & body group. Keyboards find it when you search for “bright-eyed”, “child”, “grandson”, “kid”, “son”, “young”. It supports five skin-tone variants.
Mix 👦 with another emoji
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boy + disappointed face
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boy + face holding back tears
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boy + smiling face with halo
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boy + drooling face
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