Merperson: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure with the upper body of a person and the tail of a fish, rendered with a medium skin tone. It portrays the classic mythical being often associated with legends of the deep sea.

Usage Context

Used to discuss ocean life, fantasy stories, or water-themed topics. It is frequently sent alongside creatures of the deep like the whale or environmental icons like the water wave to evoke a maritime atmosphere.

History

Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this emoji was part of an expansion to represent diverse mythical figures. It follows the introduction of gender-neutral fantasy characters, allowing for more inclusive representation in digital storytelling and casual conversation.

Details

Glyph

🧜🏽

Unicode

U+1F9DC U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9dc_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDC;&#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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