Woman in lotus position: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-dark skin depicted sitting cross-legged in the lotus position with her hands resting on her knees, palms facing upward in a mudra gesture. She is shown in a state of calm, centered focus often associated with mindfulness practices.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss physical exercise, mental health, or the pursuit of inner peace. It acts as a shorthand for taking a break, deep breathing, or showing that someone is trying to stay calm during a stressful situation. It is commonly paired with related wellness icons like 🧘 or ✨.
History
The base character was introduced in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 to expand the range of people-based activities available in messaging. The medium-dark skin tone variant uses the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence, which combines the base woman figure with the specific skin tone modifier to provide more inclusive representation in digital conversations.
Details
Glyph
🧘🏾♀
Unicode
U+1F9D8 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d8_1f3fe_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀
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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