Vampire: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoon face with a medium-dark skin tone, sporting pale, pointed fangs, widow’s peak hair, and a high-collared cape. It depicts the classic, cape-wearing figure typically associated with gothic legends and night-dwelling monsters.

Usage Context

Frequently used to joke about being a night owl, staying up until dawn, or describing someone who avoids the sun. It is a staple during October for Halloween-related conversations and is often paired with 🩸 or 🦇 to lean into the spooky vibe.

History

Vampire iconography has been a pop culture mainstay for over a century, tracing back from Bram Stoker’s Dracula to modern horror cinema. This specific emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2017 to provide a more diverse set of supernatural characters as user demand for inclusive character representation grew.

Details

Glyph

🧛🏾

Unicode

U+1F9DB U+1F3FE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9db_1f3fe:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDB;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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