The family emoji is Family, U+1F46A: one tap copies it. Unicode defines 29 more, each a row of people held by invisible joiners. Emoji 18.0 lists no skin tone for the 30, so 25 lineups of separate people take one.
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Families are grouped by their adults: no gender shown, man and woman, two men, two women, one man, one woman. Each gendered group has the same five sets of children, from one boy to two girls. Search also reads search words: grandma finds the grandparents and royal finds Crown, the one emoji outside the 30 that CLDR files under family.
Why some phones show silhouettes
UTS #51, Unicode's emoji report, encourages makers to draw families as generically as possible, silhouettes included, and lets a gendered family look like the plain one. So Family: man, woman, girl can arrive as three plain figures. The code points you sent are unchanged. A device with no drawing drops the joiners and shows the people side by side.
Tips
Choose a skin tone under More options before copying a lineup: every person in it changes, and the 30 families do not.
No family emoji has a baby. For a birth, use Lineup: man, woman, baby; CLDR files Baby bottle under newborn.
For a display name, Family is the safe pick: one code point, so it cannot come apart into separate people.
Questions and answers
Why does the family emoji have no skin tones?
Emoji 18.0 lists no skin tone for any of the 30, so the tone picker has nothing to switch. UTS #51 says other combinations can be valid without being recommended. The lineups get round it: single people side by side, each with the same tone.
How many family emoji are there?
Thirty. Family came first. Emoji 2.0 added 15 two-parent families, Emoji 4.0 added 10 with one parent, and Emoji 15.1 added four with no gender stated. When a family has a daughter and a son, the girl is listed first.
Can I make a family that is not on the list?
Only as a lineup. Each of the 29 joined families is one or two adults with one or two children, and none has a grandparent or a pet. Put the people side by side instead, as Lineup: old woman, woman, girl does for three generations.
๐ชFamilyU+1F46A. The original, and the only family that is a single code point. It has been in Unicode since version 6.0, names nobody in it, and has a plain text form as well. Emoji 0.6.
๐งโ๐งโ๐งFamily: adult, adult, childU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2. Person, Person and Child held by two joiners. One of the four families added in Emoji 15.1, which UTS #51 lists as the non-gendered family sequences. Emoji 15.1.
๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐งFamily: adult, adult, child, childU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 U+200D U+1F9D2. Two adults and two children, none of them marked man, woman, boy or girl. Seven code points, the longest kind of family there is. Emoji 15.1.
๐งโ๐งFamily: adult, childU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2. One adult and one child. Three code points, which is as short as a joined family gets. Emoji 15.1.
๐งโ๐งโ๐งFamily: adult, child, childU+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9D2 U+200D U+1F9D2. One adult with two children. Unicode files these four next to Family itself, under person-symbol, away from the 25 gendered ones. Emoji 15.1.
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Man and woman 5
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆFamily: man, woman, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466. One son. First of the 15 two-parent families that arrived together in Emoji 2.0. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆFamily: man, woman, boy, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466. Two sons. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งFamily: man, woman, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467. One daughter. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆFamily: man, woman, girl, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466. A daughter and a son. Unicode always lists the girl first: no family reads boy, girl. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐งFamily: man, woman, girl, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F467. Two daughters. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
Two men 5
๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆFamily: man, man, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466. One son. Two men as the parents, in the set since Emoji 2.0, the same release as every other two-parent family. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆFamily: man, man, boy, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466. Two sons. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐จโ๐งFamily: man, man, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F467. One daughter. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆFamily: man, man, girl, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466. A daughter and a son. Unicode always lists the girl first: no family reads boy, girl. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐งFamily: man, man, girl, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F467. Two daughters. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
Two women 5
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆFamily: woman, woman, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466. One son. Two women as the parents, in the set since Emoji 2.0, the same release as every other two-parent family. Emoji 2.0.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆFamily: woman, woman, boy, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466. Two sons. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งFamily: woman, woman, girlU+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467. One daughter. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆFamily: woman, woman, girl, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466. A daughter and a son. Unicode always lists the girl first: no family reads boy, girl. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐งFamily: woman, woman, girl, girlU+1F469 U+200D U+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F467. Two daughters. Four people and three joiners: seven code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 2.0.
One man 5
๐จโ๐ฆFamily: man, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F466. One son. One of the 10 one-parent families, which Emoji 4.0 added after the 15 two-parent ones. Emoji 4.0.
๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆFamily: man, boy, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466. Two sons. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐จโ๐งFamily: man, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F467. One daughter. Two people and one joiner: three code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆFamily: man, girl, boyU+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466. A daughter and a son. Unicode always lists the girl first: no family reads boy, girl. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐จโ๐งโ๐งFamily: man, girl, girlU+1F468 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F467. Two daughters. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
One woman 5
๐ฉโ๐ฆFamily: woman, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F466. One son. No family with a single parent named in it existed until Emoji 4.0 added 10 of them. Emoji 4.0.
๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆFamily: woman, boy, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F466 U+200D U+1F466. Two sons. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐ฉโ๐งFamily: woman, girlU+1F469 U+200D U+1F467. One daughter. Two people and one joiner: three code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆFamily: woman, girl, boyU+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F466. A daughter and a son. Unicode always lists the girl first: no family reads boy, girl. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
๐ฉโ๐งโ๐งFamily: woman, girl, girlU+1F469 U+200D U+1F467 U+200D U+1F467. Two daughters. Three people and two joiners: five code points, sent as one emoji. Emoji 4.0.
Side by side, with skin tones 25
๐จ๐ถLineup: man, babyMan, then baby. Dad and baby. CLDR lists newborn and infant among the search words for Baby.
๐จ๐ฆLineup: man, boyMan, then boy. Father and son. CLDR lists son and grandson among the search words for Boy.
๐จ๐งLineup: man, girlMan, then girl. Father and daughter. CLDR lists daughter and granddaughter for Girl.
๐จ๐จ๐ถLineup: man, man, babyMan 2 times, then baby. Two dads and a baby. Three separate emoji, since the joined families stop at boy, girl and child.
๐จ๐จ๐ฆLineup: man, man, boyMan 2 times, then boy. Family: man, man, boy with the joiners left out.
๐จ๐จ๐งLineup: man, man, girlMan 2 times, then girl. Family: man, man, girl with the joiners left out.
๐จ๐ฉ๐ถLineup: man, woman, babyMan, then woman, then baby. No family emoji includes Baby, so a family with a newborn has to be three emoji in a row. All three follow the skin tone you pick.
๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆLineup: man, woman, boyMan, then woman, then boy. Family: man, woman, boy, taken apart. Emoji 18.0 lists no skin tones for the joined one; these three take them.
๐จ๐ฉ๐งLineup: man, woman, girlMan, then woman, then girl. Family: man, woman, girl as three separate emoji, so the tone picker works on all of them.
๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆLineup: man, woman, girl, boyMan, then woman, then girl, then boy. Family: man, woman, girl, boy as four emoji. It takes four spaces where the joined one takes one.
๐ด๐จ๐ฆLineup: old man, man, boyOld man, then man, then boy. Three generations: grandfather, father, son.
๐ด๐ตLineup: old man, old womanOld man, then old woman. Grandparents. CLDR lists grandpa and gramps for Old man, grandma and granny for Old woman. No joined family has a grandparent in it.
๐ด๐ต๐ง๐ฆLineup: old man, old woman, girl, boyOld man, then old woman, then girl, then boy. Grandparents with the grandchildren, for the weekend they have them.
๐ต๐ฉ๐งLineup: old woman, woman, girlOld woman, then woman, then girl. Three generations: grandmother, mother, daughter.
๐ง๐ง๐งLineup: older person, person, childOlder person, then person, then child. Three generations with no gender stated. CLDR lists grandparent for Older person and grandchild for Child.
๐ง๐ถLineup: person, babyPerson, then baby. One parent and a baby, as neutral as the set allows.
๐ง๐งLineup: person, childPerson, then child. Family: adult, child, unjoined: one adult, one child, no gender, any tone.
๐ง๐ง๐ถLineup: person, person, babyPerson 2 times, then baby. Two parents and a baby with no gender stated. Person is the emoji whose Unicode character name is ADULT.
๐ง๐ง๐งLineup: person, person, childPerson 2 times, then child. Family: adult, adult, child, unjoined. Person and Child both date from Emoji 5.0 and both take a tone.
๐ฉ๐ถLineup: woman, babyWoman, then baby. Mum and baby, two emoji wide.
๐ฉ๐ฆLineup: woman, boyWoman, then boy. Mother and son, in two emoji.
๐ฉ๐งLineup: woman, girlWoman, then girl. Mother and daughter, in two emoji.
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ถLineup: woman, woman, babyWoman 2 times, then baby. Two mums and a baby, each one in the tone you choose.
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆLineup: woman, woman, boyWoman 2 times, then boy. Family: woman, woman, boy, side by side and toned.
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐งLineup: woman, woman, girlWoman 2 times, then girl. Family: woman, woman, girl, side by side and toned.
Home, tree and crown 9
๐ผBaby bottleU+1F37C. CLDR lists newborn, birth and born, so it works as the announcement. Emoji 1.0.
๐ผBaby symbolU+1F6BC. The sign on a changing room door. CLDR lists baby and changing. Emoji 0.6.
๐CrownU+1F451. The only emoji outside the 30 families to which CLDR gives the search word family. It sits there beside king, queen and royal. Emoji 0.6.
๐ณDeciduous treeU+1F333. A family tree needs a tree. CLDR lists forest and habitat for it, nothing about relatives. Emoji 1.0.
๐ชนEmpty nestU+1FAB9. CLDR lists home for it. For parents whose children have moved out. Emoji 14.0.
๐ผ๏ธFramed pictureU+1F5BC U+FE0F. The family portrait on the wall. CLDR lists frame, painting and picture. Emoji 0.7.
๐ HouseU+1F3E0. The same search words as House with garden, minus garden. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐กHouse with gardenU+1F3E1. CLDR lists home and heart for it: home is where the heart is. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชบNest with eggsU+1FABA. A family on the way. Added in Emoji 14.0 together with Empty nest. Emoji 14.0.
Plain text family symbols 10
โHouse: a plain outline, in Unicode since 1.1
โปโถโโพโโThe word family in circled capitals
โญMarriage symbol: two linked rings, from family tree charts
โฎDivorce symbol: the rings with a bar between them
โฏUnmarried partnership symbol, from the same charts
ใฝ(ยดใผ`)ไบบ(ยดโ๏ฝ)ไบบ(`ะยด)ใThree faces in a row, hands joined by ไบบ
ๅฎถThe CJK character for house, home and family
์Hangul syllable us: reads as a stick person
์์์Three of them: a stick family, no emoji font needed
๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ฒ๐ต๐The word family in bold script letters
Family combos 12
๐ช๐Family and the dogFamily, then dog. No family emoji comes with a pet, so the dog walks alongside.
๐ชโบ๐ฒFamily camping tripFamily, then tent, then evergreen tree. CLDR lists camping for Tent.
๐ช๐ฝ๏ธFamily dinnerFamily, then fork and knife with plate. CLDR lists dinner among the search words for Fork and knife with plate.
๐ช๐ฒ๐งฉFamily game nightFamily, then game die, then puzzle piece. Dice first, then the jigsaw nobody finishes.
๐ช๐ฌFamily group chatFamily, then speech balloon. For naming the chat, or for muting it.
๐ชโ๏ธ๐๏ธFamily holidayFamily, then airplane, then beach with umbrella. A flight, then a beach.
๐ช๐กFamily homeFamily, then house with garden. Everyone, and where they live.
๐ช๐ฟ๐ฌFamily movie nightFamily, then popcorn, then clapper board. CLDR lists movie for both Popcorn and Clapper board.
๐ช๐ธFamily photoFamily, then camera with flash. Everybody look at the camera.
๐ช๐๐๏ธFamily road tripFamily, then automobile, then national park. All of them in one car, and a view at the end of it.
๐ณ๐ชFamily treeDeciduous tree, then family. For the ancestry project, or the cousin you just found.
๐๐ชRoyal familyCrown, then family. CLDR files Crown under family, so this pair comes up in a search for either word.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The first six groups are every fully-qualified emoji in emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt) whose name is family or starts with family: there are 30, the file lists no skin tone for any of them (emoji-sequences.txt, version 18.0, https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-sequences.txt, has no family modifier sequence either), and none contains Baby. Names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case; code points and Emoji version numbers are from the same file, and the script checks that each joined family is exactly its people held together by U+200D. The search words quoted in the notes are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml, main branch), where Crown is the only emoji outside the 30 to carry the word family. What Unicode says about drawing families (one or two adults with one or two children, silhouettes encouraged, gendered families allowed to look the same as the plain ones, and separate emoji as the fallback when a joined sequence has no drawing) is from UTS #51, version 18.0, revision 31, sections 2.5 and 2.6.1 (https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/). The 25 lineups are this site's own: single people from the same file placed side by side with no joiner, each followed by the same skin tone modifier from that file. Text forms are from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). Every character in the 10 text items was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt); the ages come from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), the heading Genealogical symbols over U+26AD to U+26AF from NamesList.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt), the name HANGUL SYLLABLE US for U+C6C3 from the rule in Jamo.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Jamo.txt), and the meaning of U+5BB6 (house, home, residence; family) from the Unihan database (https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5BB6). Wikipedia's List of emoticons records the three-face kaomoji joined by U+4EBA as Friendly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons). The 9 other emoji and the 12 combos are this site's own choice, and the combo names are our own. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)