What does ๐ง Older Person mean?
Older, wiser and gender-neutral, this figure is used for grandparents, elders and seniors, for aging in general, and for wisdom and experience. People also use it to joke about feeling old, like at a birthday or when a favorite album turns twenty. It is the neutral counterpart to ๐ด and ๐ต and comes in five skin tones.
๐ง Older Person is an emoji from the People & Body category (people: ages & hairstyles), added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. People use it in messages about adult, elderly, grandparent, old and wise.
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๐ง Older Person on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Older Person looks on each platform.
Older Person in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Older Person emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :older_adult:.
When was the Older Person emoji added?
๐ง Older Person was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Older Person emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐ง, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ป ๐ง๐ผ ๐ง๐ฝ ๐ง๐พ ๐ง๐ฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐ง look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Older Person. The underlying code (U+1F9D3) 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.