Mermaid: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A mythical sea creature featuring the head and torso of a woman with medium-dark skin, fused into the tail of a fish. She is shown with flowing hair, often depicted in a pose that suggests she is swimming or surfacing from the water.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent fantasy, ocean life, or themes of water-based folklore. It is frequently paired with other nautical icons like 🌊, 🐚, or 🔱 to set a maritime scene or discuss mythological figures in movies and literature.

History

The mermaid emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0. It followed the growing demand for gender-inclusive and diverse depictions of classic mythical archetypes, allowing users to select specific skin tones to better represent their identity or preferred version of the legend.

Details

Glyph

🧜🏾‍♀

Unicode

U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc_1f3fe_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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