Merperson: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A figure with the upper body of a person and the tail of a fish, rendered with a medium skin tone. It portrays the classic mythical being often associated with legends of the deep sea.
Usage Context
Used to discuss ocean life, fantasy stories, or water-themed topics. It is frequently sent alongside creatures of the deep like the whale or environmental icons like the water wave to evoke a maritime atmosphere.
History
Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this emoji was part of an expansion to represent diverse mythical figures. It follows the introduction of gender-neutral fantasy characters, allowing for more inclusive representation in digital storytelling and casual conversation.
Details
Glyph
🧜🏽
Unicode
U+1F9DC U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9dc_1f3fd:
HTML Entity
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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
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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