Elf: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure with pointed ears, wearing a tunic and a hood, represented with a medium skin tone. This depiction leans into the classic portrayal of forest-dwelling, magical beings found in modern storytelling.

Usage Context

Used to denote interest in fantasy role-playing games, tabletop sessions like Dungeons & Dragons, or general discussion about folklore. People often use it alongside 🧚 or 🧙 to build out a theme involving magic and myth.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 to expand the representation of fantasy characters. It followed a period of intense public demand for more diverse mythical figures that reflected the variety of human skin tones present in global media.

Details

Glyph

🧝🏽

Unicode

U+1F9DD U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dd_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDD;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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