Woman with headscarf Emoji

People

A portrait of a woman wearing a head covering that drapes over her head and neck. The design typically features a solid-colored fabric wrap that frames the face.

Usage Context

Used to represent religious identity, modesty, or cultural heritage. It is frequently employed in conversations regarding diverse fashion choices or as a representative figure for women who observe head-covering traditions like the hijab, tichel, or mantilla. It is often used alongside other identity-focused icons like woman or person.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was developed following a successful proposal by a teenager named Rayouf Alhumedhi, who sought better representation for the millions of women worldwide who wear headscarves.

Details

Glyph

🧕

Unicode

U+1F9D5

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d5:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD5;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

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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