baby angel: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F47C 1F3FE
Description
A baby wearing a diaper, in a medium-dark skin tone. The baby may be depicted in various positions, signaling infancy.
Group:
People & Body > person-fantasy
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Often represents newborns, babies, infancy, or childhood. Can evoke feelings of cuteness, innocence, new beginnings, or parental love.
Backstory
The baby emoji (1F47C) was first introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), representing a generic infant. The medium-dark skin tone modifier (1F3FE) was added later with Unicode 8.0 (2015) as part of an effort to provide greater diversity in emoji representations of human figures.
Usage Examples
- Announcing a birth: 'Welcome to the world! 👶🏾'
- Talking about toddlers: 'My little one is growing so fast! 👶🏾'
- Discussing baby products: 'Looking for a new stroller for the 👶🏾'
- Expressing cuteness: 'This puppy is as cute as a 👶🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used in contexts related to childbirth, baby announcements, parenting, or general cuteness.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, often appearing in personal social media posts from new parents or in discussions about family.