breast-feeding Emoji

๐Ÿคฑ ยท U+1F931 ยท Emoji 5.0

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What does the breast-feeding emoji mean?

Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 ยท Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard

Literally, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji represents a woman breast-feeding a baby, but figuratively it symbolizes motherhood, nurturing, and care, and is often used to express a range of emotions and ideas related to parenting and childcare. In slang usage, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji can also represent a strong bond between a mother and child, or a sense of devotion and dedication. This emoji is also used to promote awareness and support for breast-feeding, and to help normalize the practice in public and online spaces. Overall, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji is a powerful symbol of maternal love and care.

breast-feeding in every skin tone

This emoji takes a Fitzpatrick modifier. Click any tone to copy it.

๐Ÿป Light๐Ÿผ Medium-light๐Ÿฝ Medium๐Ÿพ Medium-dark๐Ÿฟ Dark

How the breast-feeding emoji is used

Texting and social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are common places to find the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji, where it is often used in captions and comments to celebrate motherhood and share experiences related to parenting and childcare. The tone of messages using this emoji can range from heartfelt and sentimental to humorous and lighthearted, depending on the context and the relationship between the sender and recipient. On some platforms, particularly those popular with younger generations, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji may be used in a more casual or ironic way, while on others it may be used in a more serious or activist sense. In online communities focused on parenting and childcare, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji is often used to create a sense of solidarity and support among mothers.

breast-feeding emoji examples

How to copy the breast-feeding emoji

To use the breast-feeding emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F931), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.

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breast-feeding emoji on different platforms

How the breast-feeding emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.

๐Ÿคฑ
Your device
Twitter / X (Twemoji) design
Twitter / X (Twemoji)
Google Noto Color Emoji design
Google Noto Color Emoji
OpenMoji design
OpenMoji

breast-feeding Emoji Details

Emoji๐Ÿคฑ
Namebreast-feeding
CategoryPeople & Body
CodepointsU+1F931
Shortcode:breast_feeding:
Emoji version5.0
Unicode version5.0
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breast-feeding Emoji FAQ

What does the breast-feeding emoji mean?

Literally, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji represents a woman breast-feeding a baby, but figuratively it symbolizes motherhood, nurturing, and care, and is often used to express a range of emotions and ideas related to parenting and childcare. In slang usage, the ๐Ÿคฑ emoji can also represent a strong bond between a mother and child, or a sense of devotion and dedication.

How do I copy and paste the breast-feeding emoji?

Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste ๐Ÿคฑ wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.

What is the breast-feeding emoji Unicode codepoint?

It is U+1F931, introduced in Emoji version 5.0 (Unicode 5.0). Its shortcode is :breast_feeding:.

What are other names for the breast-feeding emoji?

People also search for the breast-feeding emoji as baby, breast, feeding, mom, mother.

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