Meaning
The baby symbol displays a stylized diaper-changing station sign, typically showing a white silhouette of an adult figure changing or holding an infant on a blue rectangular background. It's the visual language used on public facility signage to mark diaper-changing stations and baby care areas.
You'll encounter this emoji when parents are discussing family-friendly venues, accessibility of baby care facilities, or when marking locations on maps that offer changing tables. People use it to indicate whether a restaurant, airport, mall, or public building has adequate baby facilities—it's become shorthand for "parent-friendly space." In parenting groups and forums, it signals the availability of essential baby care infrastructure.
Beyond literally marking baby changing facilities, it represents family-oriented spaces and parent accessibility. Parents specifically look for this sign when planning outings with infants, making it functionally important in travel planning and venue reviews.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this practical symbol reflects the standardized public signage that has helped modern parents navigate public spaces with young children.
Common Uses
- • Marking diaper-changing facilities in venues
- • Indicating family-friendly spaces
- • Highlighting parent accessibility features
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The baby-changing symbol became a standard public facility marker in the 1980s-90s as malls, airports, and restaurants began standardizing family accommodations.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:baby_symbol: :baby_symbol: :baby_symbol: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🚼 |
| HTML (hex) | 🚼 |
| CSS | \1F6BC |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDEBC |
| Python | \U0001F6BC |
| Java | \uD83D\uDEBC |
| Perl | \x{1F6BC} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F6BC} |
| Punycode | xn--2rb0 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%9A%BC |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xBC |
🚼️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শিশুর চিহ্ন |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 宝宝 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 寶寶 |
| Danish | babysymbol |
| Dutch | babysymbool |
| English | baby symbol |
| English (UK) | baby symbol |
| Estonian | beebi sümbol |
| Finnish | vauva-merkki |
| French | symbole Bébé |
| German | Symbol „Baby“ |
| Hindi | गाड़ी में शिशु है |
| Hungarian | baba szimbólum |
| Italian | simbolo con immagine di bambino |
| Japanese | ベビーマーク |
| Korean | 수유실 |
| Lithuanian | kūdikio simbolis |
| Malay | simbol bayi |
| Norwegian | babysymbol |
| Polish | symbol niemowlęcia |
| Portuguese | símbolo de bebê |
| Russian | пеленальная |
| Spanish | señal de bebé |
| Spanish (Mexico) | señal de bebé |
| Swedish | bebissymbol |
| Thai | ป้ายทารก |
| Ukrainian | символ немовляти |
| Vietnamese | biểu tượng trẻ em |