Woman with headscarf: light skin tone Emoji

People

A portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored headscarf, displayed with a fair skin tone modifier. The icon depicts the fabric wrapped neatly around the head and neck, covering the hair.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent Muslim women who wear a hijab, as well as individuals from various cultures and faiths who wear head coverings for religious, traditional, or personal reasons. It is often used in conversations about faith, identity, and cultural expression. It pairs well with other diverse person emojis like 👨‍🦱 or 👩🏽‍🦰 to showcase a wide range of human appearances.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017, this emoji was developed following a successful proposal that highlighted the need for better representation of Muslim women in digital communication. Its inclusion allowed for more inclusive messaging and reflected the global diversity of people who wear headscarves daily.

Details

Glyph

🧕🏻

Unicode

U+1F9D5 U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d5_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD5;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-role

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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