person feeding baby: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9D1 1F3FE 200D 1F37C
Description
This is an emoji representing a person with dark skin holding a baby bottle, symbolizing feeding a baby.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically expresses nurturing, care, parental love, feeding, or childcare. It can also signify responsibilities related to raising a child.
Backstory
The combination of 1F9D1 (Person), 1F3FE (Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-5), and 200D (Zero Width Joiner) with 1F37C (Baby Bottle) was introduced to specifically depict a person of a particular skin tone engaged in the act of feeding an infant. This allows for more inclusive and diverse representation of family life and caregiving.
Usage Examples
- Talking about feeding time: 'It's time for lunch! 👩🏾🍼'
- Discussing childcare: 'She's an amazing caregiver. 👨🏿🍼'
- Representing parental duties: 'Late night feeds are tough. 🧑🏽🍼'
- Announcing a new baby's arrival (in context of feeding): 'Welcome to the world! 👶🏽🍼 🧑🏿🍼'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent parents (especially mothers) feeding infants, childcare, or the act of nurturing.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often representing the maternal or paternal role in feeding a child, or the general concept of infant care.