Mermaid: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A mythical sea creature featuring a woman with a dark skin tone, long flowing hair, and a fish tail instead of legs. This version combines the base mermaid figure with a dark skin tone modifier.

Usage Context

Used to discuss ocean mythology, marine life, or as a way to represent oneself in digital conversations. It is frequently paired with other nautical icons like 🌊, 🐚, or 🔱 to frame a story or coastal vibe.

History

The mermaid emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0. It followed the push to provide more diverse representations of human and human-like figures, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect their own appearance.

Details

Glyph

🧜🏿‍♀

Unicode

U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc_1f3ff_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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