Fairy: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A whimsical sprite with delicate, translucent wings and pointed ears, shown here with a medium skin tone. It features messy, shoulder-length hair and a small, upturned nose, capturing the classic look of a woodland creature from folklore.

Usage Context

Used to denote magic, mischief, or a sense of playful wonder. People often use it when discussing fantasy media, books, or to add a touch of whimsy to a conversation. It frequently appears alongside other magical icons like ✨ or 🧚 to emphasize a fantasy theme.

History

The fairy was added to the Unicode standard in 2017. It joined the emoji keyboard as part of a push to represent more diverse mythological and fantasy archetypes, building on the established base of standard person icons.

Details

Glyph

🧚🏽

Unicode

U+1F9DA U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9da_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDA;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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