# 🧝🏿 Elf emoji: dark skin tone

🧝🏿 is the elf emoji (🧝) with dark skin tone. It's 🧝 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

- Emoji: 🧝🏿
- Unicode name: elf: dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DD U+1F3FF
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧝 Elf](https://emojichart.com/elf-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/elf-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A magical, pointed-eared being from fantasy and folklore. Common uses include elves in books, games and movies, fantasy and magical themes, and a graceful, otherworldly look.

## Other skin tones

- 🧝 [Elf](https://emojichart.com/elf-emoji.md)
- 🧝🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/elf-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FB
- 🧝🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/elf-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FC
- 🧝🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/elf-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FD
- 🧝🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/elf-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FE

## What it's made of

🧝🏿 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧝 [Elf](https://emojichart.com/elf-emoji.md) (U+1F9DD)
2. 🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FF)

## How to type 🧝🏿

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “elf”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “elf”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “elf”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “elf”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | elfo: tono de piel oscuro | elfo, mágico, tono de piel oscuro |
| Français (fr) | elfe : peau foncée | conte, elf, elfe, le seigneur des anneaux, legolas, magique, oreilles, peau foncée, personnage |
| Deutsch (de) | Elf(e): dunkle Hautfarbe | dunkle Hautfarbe, Elbe, Elben, Elbin, Elf, Elf(e), Elfe, Fantasy, Herr der Ringe, Magie, magisch, Person |
| Italiano (it) | elfo: carnagione scura | carnagione scura, creatura, elfetto, elfo, fantasy, fiaba, folclore, magia, magico |
| Português (pt) | elfo: pele escura | duende, elfo, fantasia, légolas, magia, mágico, místico, pele escura, rpg, ser encantado |
| Nederlands (nl) | elf: donkere huidskleur | donkere huidskleur, elf, fantasie, folklore, In de ban van de ring-stijl, legolas, LOTR-stijl, magisch, mythe |
| Svenska (sv) | alv: mörk hy | alv, magisk, mörk hy, mystisk |
| Polski (pl) | elf: karnacja ciemna | bajka, baśń, elf, fantasy, karnacja ciemna, magia |
| Türkçe (tr) | elf: koyu cilt tonu | elf, koyu cilt tonu, legolas, sihirli, sivri kulak |
| Русский (ru) | эльф: очень темный тон кожи | магия, очень темный тон кожи, сказка, уши, фэнтези, эльф |
| Українська (uk) | ельф: темний тон шкіри | ельф, казка, Леголас, магічний, темний тон шкіри, чаклун |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ξωτικό: σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | μαγικό, μαγικός, μυθικός, ξωτικά, ξωτικό, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, φαντασία |
| العربية (ar) | جنّي صغير: بشرة بلون غامق | أساطير, أشخاص, إلف, إيلف, بشرة بلون غامق, جني, جنّي صغير, خيال, عفريت, كائن سحري, ليغولاس, مخلوق سحري |
| עברית (he) | אלף: גוון עור כהה | אדם שדון, אלף, גוון עור כהה, יצור קסום, מיסטי, מיתוס, פולקלור, פנטזיה, שדון |
| فارسی (fa) | اِلف: پوست آبنوسی | آدم, افسانه, افسون, الف, اِلف, پوست آبنوسی, جادویی, جن, سحرآمیز, فانتزی, کوتوله, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जादुई प्राणी: साँवली त्वचा | एल्फ़, जादुई, जादुई प्राणी, जादूगर, फैंटेसी, भूत, साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | এল্ফ: কালো ত্বকের রঙ | এল্ফ, কালো ত্বকের রঙ, জাদুকর, জাদুকরী, পরী, ব্যক্তি, মানুষ, স্মাইলি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kurcaci: warna kulit gelap | ajaib, dongeng, elf, fantasi, makhluk gaib, mantra, manusia peri, mistis, peri, warna kulit gelap |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | yêu ma: màu da tối | cổ tích, kỳ ảo, màu da tối, phép thuật, thần bí, tộc tiên, yêu ma, yêu tinh |
| ไทย (th) | เอลฟ์: โทนผิวสีเข้ม | ขลัง, จอมเวทย์, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, พลังเวทย์, แฟนตาซี, เวทมนตร์, เอลฟ์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | エルフ: 濃い肌色 | エルフ, ファンタジー, 伝説, 妖精, 濃い肌色, 神秘的, 神話, 魔力, 魔法 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 엘프: 검은색 피부 | 검은색 피부, 마법, 신화, 엘프, 요정, 전설, 판타지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 小精灵: 较深肤色 | 小精灵, 神秘, 精灵, 较深肤色, 魔幻, 魔法 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 小精靈：黑皮膚 | 勒苟拉斯, 小精靈, 魔戒風, 黑皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): elf: donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛlefo: wedeε ani tuntum
- Albanian (sq): kukudh: nuancë lëkure e errët
- Amharic (am): ኤልፍ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
- Armenian (hy): էլֆ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): যোগীনী: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): elf: tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): эльф: ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): elfo: 6. mota
- Belarusian (be): эльф: цёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): patuljak: tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): елф: тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နတ်သူငယ် − အသားမည်းရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): elfe : peau foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 小精靈: 深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 小精灵: 深肤色
- Catalan (ca): elf: pell molt fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 精靈：黑皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): эльф: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): šumski vilenjak: tamno smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): obličej elfa: tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): elver: mørk teint
- Estonian (et): päkapikk: tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): elfo: tipo de pele 6
- Faroese (fo): álvur: myrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): duwende: dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): haltia: tumma iho
- Galician (gl): elfo: ton de pel moi escuro
- Georgian (ka): ელფი: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઈલ્ફ: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): jinsiri: launin fata mai duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): elf: dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): tünde: sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): huldumaður: dökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): elfụ: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
- Irish (ga): lucharachán: ton cnis dorcha
- Javanese (jv): peri: kulit ireng
- Kannada (kn): ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): эльф: 6-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ەلىف: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): អែលហ្វ: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ishitani: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
- Konkani (kok): वनदेवता: गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): эльф: кара
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): jalwach: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເອວຟ໌: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
- Latvian (lv): elfs: tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): elfo: carnaxon scua
- Lithuanian (lt): elfas: itin tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): elf: śamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Elf: däischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): шумски елф: тип на кожа 6
- Malay (ms): orang halus: ton kulit gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ദുർഭൂതം: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): għafrit: ton skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): वनदेव: काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): одой хүн: бор
- Māori (mi): erepe: kiri āhua parauri
- Nepali (ne): सानो मानव जस्तो जीव: छालाको प्रकार-६
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹlf: Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephidi se matla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
- Norwegian (no): alv: hudtype 6
- Odia (or): ଅପ୍ସରା: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): eeliif: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
- Pashto (ps): ګوړا: تور پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੌਣਾ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بُھوت: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): elfo: yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): elf: ton închis al pielii
- Sardinian (sc): alvu: pedde iscura
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ailbhear: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): виловњак: тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): vilovnjak: tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဢႄးလ်ၾ်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): بونا: ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): එල්ෆ්: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
- Slovak (sk): lesná bytosť: tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): škrati: temen ten kože
- Somali (so): ruuxaan: jidh madaw
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): duende: tono de piel oscuro
- Swahili (sw): kibwengo: ngozi nyeusi
- Tajik (tg): пакана: ранги торики пӯст
- Tamil (ta): எல்ஃப்: வகை 6
- Telugu (te): ఎల్ఫ్: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ኤልፍ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): kiʻi feeli: kili ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): mankge mo ditlhamaneng: letlalo la mmala o montsho
- Turkmen (tk): elf: goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): soninak: ćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پریت: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): پىر: توق تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): elf: 6-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): coblyn: arlliw croen tywyll
- Wolof (wo): elfe: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): uhili: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Egbére: adúláwọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Egbére: adúláwɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-elf: uhlobo-6

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DD U+1F3FF` |
| HTML | `🧝🏿` |
| CSS | `\1F9DD\1F3FF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DD}\u{1F3FF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DD\U0001F3FF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9D F0 9F 8F BF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDD D83C DFFF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9D%F0%9F%8F%BF` |

## Questions

### What does 🧝🏿 mean?

A magical, pointed-eared being from fantasy and folklore. Common uses include elves in books, games and movies, fantasy and magical themes, and a graceful, otherworldly look. 🧝🏿 shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧝🏿 and 🧝?

🧝🏿 is the 🧝 elf emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🧝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DD U+1F3FF.

### How do I type 🧝🏿?

Find 🧝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “elf”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🧝🏿?

U+1F9DD U+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🧝🏿

### When was 🧝🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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