Elf: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A fantasy-themed character with pointed ears and dark skin, often depicted with long, elegant hair. This emoji represents the classic tropes of forest-dwelling, long-lived beings found in tabletop games and literature.
Usage Context
Used to represent fantasy fans, role-playing gamers, or anyone expressing an interest in folklore and magic. It is frequently sent alongside other supernatural icons like the fairy or the mage to signal a theme of adventure or make-believe.
History
The base elf emoji was introduced in Unicode 10.0 in 2017. The dark skin tone variant followed shortly after as part of the effort to bring diverse representation to the platform's library of mythical creatures and character archetypes.
Details
Glyph
🧝🏿
Unicode
U+1F9DD U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9dd_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-fantasy
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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