Woman with veil: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A woman wearing a traditional white bridal veil over her head, rendered here with a medium-light skin tone. The design captures the iconic look of a wedding ceremony participant, highlighting the veil as the signature element of the attire.

Usage Context

Used to discuss weddings, marriage ceremonies, or bridal showers. It frequently appears in social media posts announcing engagements or wedding day photos. It is often paired with symbols of commitment or celebration like 💍 or 🥂.

History

The base bride emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. The option to modify the skin tone was introduced in 2015 as part of a wider effort to make character emojis more inclusive and representative of diverse backgrounds, moving away from the default yellow appearance.

Details

Glyph
👰🏼‍♀
Unicode
U+1F470 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f470_1f3fc_200d_2640:
HTML Entity
����‍♀

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
brideveilweddingwomanmedium-light skin tonemarriageceremonyengagedbride-to-bepeoplerole

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