Boy
The boy emoji, officially named โboyโ, is listed under People & Body in the EmojiAll dictionary. In everyday chat it usually comes up in messages about child, male and boy. Scored 65 out of 100, it falls in the Neutral range.
If you need emoji copy and paste across devices, Boy travels as plain text, so it pastes the same way on iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
1. Boy emoji attributes
- Symbol
- ๐ฆ
- Name
- Boy
- English name
- boy
- Unicode code point
- U+1F466
- HTML entity
- 👦
- Decimal
- 👦
- Category
- People & BodyโบPeople
- Keywords
- child, male, boy
- Download image
- SizeBackground512 ร 512 PNG ยท transparent background
2. Boy emoji meaning
As a member of People, the boy emoji shares that subgroup with 28 other symbols in People & Body. The symbol stands for child, male and boy, so readers usually understand it without extra explanation. It fits both casual chats and slightly more formal messages, as long as the context is clear.
In everyday chat, the boy (๐ฆ) usually appears alongside words about child, male and boy. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.
3. Boy emoji sentiment
Scored 65 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Neutral range. Because the tone is level, it is easy to combine with either good or bad news.
A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.
4. Boy emoji examples
- 1Thanks, that helped a lot ๐ฆ
- 2Waving hello from the office ๐ฆ
- 3Team photo is ready ๐ฆ
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- ๐Person raising hand
- ๐โโ๏ธMan raising hand
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- ๐งโโ๏ธDeaf woman
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