🧝U+1F9DD

Elf emoji

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.

Unicode name: elf
Category: People & body, Fantasy people
Added: Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points: U+1F9DD
Shortcode: :elf:
Keywords: elf, elves, enchantment, fantasy, folklore, magic, magical, myth

How it looks

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How to type 🧝

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “elf”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “elf”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “elf”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “elf”.
GitHub: Type :elf: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	elfo	elfo, mágico
Français	elfe	conte, elf, elfe, le seigneur des anneaux, legolas, magique, oreilles, personnage
Deutsch	Elf(e)	Elbe, Elben, Elbin, Elf, Elf(e), Elfe, Fantasy, Herr der Ringe, Magie, magisch, Person
Italiano	elfo	creatura, elfetto, elfo, fantasy, fiaba, folclore, magia, magico
Português	elfo	duende, elfo, fantasia, légolas, magia, mágico, místico, rpg, ser encantado
Nederlands	elf	elf, fantasie, folklore, In de ban van de ring-stijl, legolas, LOTR-stijl, magisch, mythe
Svenska	alv	alv, magisk, mystisk
Polski	elf	bajka, baśń, elf, fantasy, magia
Türkçe	elf	elf, legolas, sihirli, sivri kulak
Русский	эльф	магия, сказка, уши, фэнтези, эльф
Українська	ельф	ельф, казка, Леголас, магічний, чаклун
Ελληνικά	ξωτικό	μαγικό, μαγικός, μυθικός, ξωτικά, ξωτικό, φαντασία
العربية	جنّي صغير	أساطير, أشخاص, إلف, إيلف, جني, جنّي صغير, خيال, عفريت, كائن سحري, ليغولاس, مخلوق سحري
עברית	אלף	אדם שדון, אלף, יצור קסום, מיסטי, מיתוס, פולקלור, פנטזיה, שדון
فارسی	اِلف	آدم, افسانه, افسون, الف, اِلف, جادویی, جن, سحرآمیز, فانتزی, کوتوله, مرد
हिन्दी	जादुई प्राणी	एल्फ़, जादुई, जादुई प्राणी, जादूगर, फैंटेसी, भूत
বাংলা	এল্ফ	এল্ফ, জাদুকর, জাদুকরী, পরী, ব্যক্তি, মানুষ, স্মাইলি
Bahasa Indonesia	kurcaci	ajaib, dongeng, elf, fantasi, makhluk gaib, mantra, manusia peri, mistis, peri
Tiếng Việt	yêu ma	cổ tích, kỳ ảo, phép thuật, thần bí, tộc tiên, yêu ma, yêu tinh
ไทย	เอลฟ์	ขลัง, จอมเวทย์, พลังเวทย์, แฟนตาซี, เวทมนตร์, เอลฟ์
日本語	エルフ	エルフ, ファンタジー, 伝説, 妖精, 神秘的, 神話, 魔力, 魔法
한국어	엘프	마법, 신화, 엘프, 요정, 전설, 판타지
中文（简体）	小精灵	小精灵, 神秘, 精灵, 魔幻, 魔法
中文（繁體）	小精靈	勒苟拉斯, 小精靈, 魔戒風

Names in 94 more languages

Afrikaans	elf
Akan	ɛlefo
Albanian	kukudh
Amharic	ኤልፍ
Armenian	էլֆ
Assamese	যোগীনী
Azerbaijani	elf
Bashkir	эльф
Basque	elfo
Belarusian	эльф
Bosnian	patuljak
Bulgarian	елф
Burmese	နတ်သူငယ်
Cantonese	小精靈
Cantonese (Simplified)	小精灵
Catalan	elf
Cherokee	ᏴᏫ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	精靈
Chuvash	эльф
Croatian	šumski vilenjak
Czech	obličej elfa
Danish	elver
Estonian	päkapikk
Faroese	álvur
Filipino	duwende
Finnish	haltia
Galician	elfo
Georgian	ელფი
Gujarati	ઈલ્ફ
Hausa	jinsiri
Hungarian	tünde
Icelandic	huldumaður
Igbo	elfụ
Irish	lucharachán
Javanese	peri
Kannada	ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ
Kazakh	эльф
Kazakh (Arabic)	ەلىف
Khmer	អែលហ្វ
Kinyarwanda	ishitani
Konkani	वनदेवता
Kyrgyz	эльф
Kʼicheʼ	jalwach
Lao	ເອວຟ໌
Latvian	elfs
Lithuanian	elfas
Lower Sorbian	elf
Luxembourgish	Elf
Macedonian	шумски елф
Malay	orang halus
Malayalam	ദുർഭൂതം
Maltese	għafrit
Marathi	वनदेव
Mongolian	одой хүн
Māori	erepe
Nepali	सानो मानव जस्तो जीव
Nigerian Pidgin	Ẹlf
Northern Sotho	sephidi se matla
Norwegian	alv
Odia	ଅପ୍ସରା
Oromo	eeliif
Pashto	ګوړا
Punjabi	ਬੌਣਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	بُھوت
Quechua	elfo
Romanian	elf
Sardinian	alvu
Scottish Gaelic	ailbhear
Serbian	виловњак
Serbian (Latin)	vilovnjak
Shan	ဢႄးလ်ၾ်
Sindhi	بونا
Sinhala	එල්ෆ්
Slovak	lesná bytosť
Slovenian	škrati
Somali	ruuxaan
Spanish (United States)	duende
Swahili	kibwengo
Tajik	пакана
Tamil	எல்ஃப்
Telugu	ఎల్ఫ్
Tigrinya	ኤልፍ
Tongan	kiʻi feeli
Tswana	mankge mo ditlhamaneng
Turkmen	elf
Upper Sorbian	soninak
Urdu	پریت
Uyghur	پىر
Uzbek	elf
Welsh	coblyn
Wolof	elfe
Xhosa	uhili
Yoruba	Egbére
Zulu	i-elf

Codes

Code points: U+1F9DD
HTML: 🧝
CSS: \1F9DD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F9DD}
Python: \U0001F9DD
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A7 9D
UTF-16: D83E DDDD
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A7%9D

Questions

What does the 🧝 elf emoji 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.

How do I type the 🧝 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “elf”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :elf:.

When was the 🧝 emoji added?

🧝 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧝?

U+1F9DD. In HTML you can write 🧝, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9DD}.

Does 🧝 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧝🏻 light, 🧝🏼 medium-light, 🧝🏽 medium, 🧝🏾 medium-dark and 🧝🏿 dark.