What does ๐คฑ๐ฝ Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone mean?
๐คฑ๐ฝ is the Breast-Feeding emoji (๐คฑ) with a medium skin tone (๐ฝ, Fitzpatrick type 4) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
A woman holding a baby to her chest while nursing, representing breastfeeding and the early weeks of parenthood. Parents use it to talk about feeding schedules, night feeds and lactation support, and it appears in posts raising awareness of breastfeeding and normalizing nursing in public. More broadly, it can express closeness between a mother and a newborn, or exhaustion after a long night with the baby.
๐คฑ๐ฝ Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (jobs & roles), added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. People use it in messages about baby, breast-feeding, mom, mother, nursing and woman.
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๐คฑ๐ฝ Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Breast-Feeding in every skin tone
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Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐คฑ๐ฝ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
๐คฑ๐ฝ Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Breast-Feeding emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐คฑ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐คฑ๐ป ๐คฑ๐ผ ๐คฑ๐ฝ ๐คฑ๐พ ๐คฑ๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐คฑ๐ฝ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Breast-Feeding: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F931 U+1F3FD) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.