Old Man Emoji

Old Man is a single code point introduced in Emoji 0.6. It belongs to the People & Body group, Person subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
old man
CLDR short name
old man
Korean name (CLDR)
할아버지
Code points
U+1F474
Group
People & Body
Subgroup
Person
Added to Unicode
6.0
Added to Emoji
0.6
Sequence
Single code point
Skin tones
Yes (5)

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

Skin tone variants

Each variant is this emoji followed by a skin tone modifier character.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
πŸ‘΄
Unicode code points
U+1F474
JavaScript escape
\u{1f474}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F474
HTML hexadecimal entity
👴
HTML decimal entity
👴
JSON escaped string
"\uD83D\uDC74"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F474
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83D\uDC74
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%91%B4
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 91 B4

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œold man”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group β€” not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Old Man?

Old Man is U+1F474.

Does Old Man support skin tones?

Yes. Unicode defines 5 skin tone variants for it, listed on this page. Each one is the base emoji followed by a modifier character.

How do I use Old Man in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 👴 in HTML, \u{1f474} in JavaScript.

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