Woman in lotus position: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned woman sitting on the floor with her legs crossed and her hands resting on her knees in a classic meditative pose. She is depicted wearing athletic clothing, typical of modern yoga or mindfulness practice.

Usage Context

Used to denote relaxation, inner peace, or the practice of yoga. It is frequently sent to signal that someone is busy meditating, needs a moment of quiet, or is trying to reach a state of zen after a stressful day. It works well alongside related wellness icons like 🧘 or 🕉️.

History

The base meditation emoji was introduced in Unicode 10.0 in 2017. The ability to modify this character with skin tones and gender specifications followed shortly after, reflecting a push to make digital expressions more inclusive and representative of real-world yoga practitioners.

Details

Glyph

🧘🏿‍♀

Unicode

U+1F9D8 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d8_1f3ff_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD8;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-resting

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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