Person: curly hair Emoji
People
A gender-neutral figure characterized by a dense, voluminous mop of curly hair. The design focuses on the texture of the hair to distinguish it from the standard 🧑 emoji.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to describe someone with wavy or coily hair types without specifying their gender. It is a staple in online profiles, chat threads, and casual conversations about hair care, salon visits, or simply identifying people in group photos.
History
Added in 2018 as part of Unicode 11.0, this emoji was released alongside a collection of other hairstyle-specific variants like 🧑🦰 and 🧑🦳. These were developed to move away from rigid gender archetypes, allowing users more flexibility to represent the diverse hair textures found in the real world.
Details
Glyph
🧑🦱
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f9b1:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person
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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