Merperson Emoji

People

A figure with the upper body of a person and the shimmering tail of a fish. The design typically features long flowing hair and a colored tail, representing the classic legendary aquatic creature.

Usage Context

Used to discuss ocean life, folklore, fantasy fiction, or beach vacations. It is frequently paired with other water-themed icons like 🌊 or 🧜‍♀️ to set a mythological scene or convey a love for the sea.

History

Added in 2017 as part of Unicode 10.0, this emoji was introduced to provide a gender-neutral alternative to the existing female 🧜‍♀️ and male 🧜‍♂️ variants, reflecting a push for more inclusive character options in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🧜

Unicode

U+1F9DC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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