Person with veil: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a traditional white bridal veil, shown here with medium-dark skin. The design focuses on the head and shoulders, highlighting the lace or fabric draped over the person's head.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss weddings, marriage proposals, and bridal showers. It serves as a digital shorthand for someone getting married or playing the role of a bride in a ceremony. It is often sent alongside celebratory icons like 💍 or 🥂 to share good news.

History

The base character was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The ability to modify the skin tone of this character arrived later in 2016 with Unicode 9.0, reflecting a move toward more inclusive representation in digital communication and social media platforms.

Details

Glyph

👰🏾

Unicode

U+1F470 U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f470_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC70;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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