Merperson: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A mythical sea creature with the upper body of a person and the tail of a fish, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. The figure is shown from the waist up with long, flowing hair.

Usage Context

Used to discuss stories of the ocean, mermaids, or nautical folklore. It often appears in conversations about fantasy literature, seaside vacations, or as a playful way to describe someone who loves swimming. It is frequently paired with other water-themed icons like 🌊 or 🧜‍♀️.

History

While merfolk have been staples of ancient mythology for millennia, this specific character was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of the expansion of gender-neutral and diverse skin-tone options for fantasy characters, following the initial introduction of the standard mermaid emoji in 2016.

Details

Glyph

🧜🏼

Unicode

U+1F9DC U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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