📖 Emojipedix

Baby Angel 👼

Added in Emoji 0.6 · People & Body Fantasy

Codepoint U+1F47C
Shortcode :angel:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

A cherubic infant with a halo and a pair of wings, rendered in soft, heavenly tones. The chubby-cheeked design captures the classic depiction of a cherub or celestial being—innocent, peaceful, and otherworldly.

Beyond its literal heavenly meaning, people use this playfully to describe someone acting innocent or being adorable. It's common in religious contexts when discussing faith, Christmas, or spirituality, and in more casual settings as a cute reaction to something wholesome or pure-hearted. The contrast between the angelic imagery and how it's often used ironically (like calling someone angelic when they've done something mischievous) gives it personality.

The emoji works well for Christmas content, nativity scenes, or spiritual discussions, but also appears whenever someone wants to convey sweetness, innocence, or a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor about someone being "angelic." It's particularly popular around the holiday season, especially in religious or family-oriented contexts.

One of the original emoji approved way back in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, the baby angel design has remained recognizable and beloved across platforms, maintaining its timeless, cherubic appeal.

Common Uses

  • Describing someone as sweet or innocent
  • Christmas and religious holiday content
  • Reacting to something pure or wholesome
  • Playfully calling someone 'angelic'

Popular Combos

👼❤️ 👼✨ 👼🎄

Did You Know?

The baby angel emoji design draws from centuries of Western art traditions depicting cherubs in religious paintings—those chubby-cheeked, winged infants that became synonymous with heavenly beings.

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :angel:
Slack :angel:
Discord :angel:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
👼
HTML (hex)
👼
CSS
\1F47C
JavaScript
\uD83D\uDC7C
Python
\U0001F47C
Java
\uD83D\uDC7C
Perl
\x{1F47C}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F47C}
Punycode
xn--2qv0
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%91%BC
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBC

👼 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali শিশু অ্যাঞ্জেল
Chinese (Simplified) 小天使
Chinese (Traditional) 天使
Danish babyengel
Dutch baby-engel
English baby angel
English (UK) baby angel
Estonian inglibeebi
Finnish vauvaenkeli
French bébé ange
German Putte
Hindi नन्ही परी
Hungarian babaangyal
Italian angioletto
Japanese 天使
Korean 아기 천사
Lithuanian angeliukas
Malay pari-pari bayi
Norwegian babyengel
Polish aniołek
Portuguese bebê anjo
Russian ангелочек
Spanish bebé ángel
Spanish (Mexico) bebé ángel
Swedish bebisängel
Thai นางฟ้าเด็ก
Ukrainian янголятко
Vietnamese thiên thần nhỏ