Mermaid Emoji

People

A figure with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. She is shown with flowing hair and a shimmering tail, representing the legendary aquatic creature found in seafaring tales.

Usage Context

Used to talk about marine life, swimming, or beach vacations. It is frequently sent when referencing fairy tales, fantasy stories, or the mystery of the deep ocean. You might see it paired with 🧜‍♂️ to complete a set or with 🌊 to set a nautical scene.

History

The mermaid emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0. It was created to provide a gender-specific counterpart to the existing gender-neutral mermaid, reflecting a push for better representation of mythical figures across digital platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧜‍♀

Unicode

U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;‍♀

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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