# 🧝🏾 Elf emoji: medium-dark skin tone

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

- Emoji: 🧝🏾
- Unicode name: elf: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DD U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧝 Elf](https://emojichart.com/elf-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/elf-medium-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
- 🧝🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/elf-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DD U+1F3FF

## 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. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 🧝🏾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “elf”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “elf”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “elf”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “elf”, then pick medium-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 medio | elfo, mágico, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | elfe : peau mate | conte, elf, elfe, le seigneur des anneaux, legolas, magique, oreilles, peau mate, personnage |
| Deutsch (de) | Elf(e): mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Elbe, Elben, Elbin, Elf, Elf(e), Elfe, Fantasy, Herr der Ringe, Magie, magisch, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Person |
| Italiano (it) | elfo: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, creatura, elfetto, elfo, fantasy, fiaba, folclore, magia, magico |
| Português (pt) | elfo: pele morena escura | duende, elfo, fantasia, légolas, magia, mágico, místico, pele morena escura, rpg, ser encantado |
| Nederlands (nl) | elf: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, elf, fantasie, folklore, In de ban van de ring-stijl, legolas, LOTR-stijl, magisch, mythe |
| Svenska (sv) | alv: mellanmörk hy | alv, magisk, mellanmörk hy, mystisk |
| Polski (pl) | elf: karnacja średnio ciemna | bajka, baśń, elf, fantasy, karnacja średnio ciemna, magia |
| Türkçe (tr) | elf: orta koyu cilt tonu | elf, legolas, orta koyu cilt tonu, sihirli, sivri kulak |
| Русский (ru) | эльф: темный тон кожи | магия, сказка, темный тон кожи, уши, фэнтези, эльф |
| Українська (uk) | ельф: помірно темний тон шкіри | ельф, казка, Леголас, магічний, помірно темний тон шкіри, чаклун |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ξωτικό: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | μαγικό, μαγικός, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, μυθικός, ξωτικά, ξωτικό, φαντασία |
| العربية (ar) | جنّي صغير: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أساطير, أشخاص, إلف, إيلف, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, جني, جنّي صغير, خيال, عفريت, كائن سحري, ليغولاس, مخلوق سحري |
| עברית (he) | אלף: גוון עור כהה בינוני | אדם שדון, אלף, גוון עור כהה בינוני, יצור קסום, מיסטי, מיתוס, פולקלור, פנטזיה, שדון |
| فارسی (fa) | اِلف: پوست گندمی | آدم, افسانه, افسون, الف, اِلف, پوست گندمی, جادویی, جن, سحرآمیز, فانتزی, کوتوله, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जादुई प्राणी: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | एल्फ़, जादुई, जादुई प्राणी, जादूगर, फैंटेसी, भूत, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | এল্ফ: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | এল্ফ, জাদুকর, জাদুকরী, পরী, ব্যক্তি, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মানুষ, স্মাইলি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kurcaci: warna kulit gelap-sedang | ajaib, dongeng, elf, fantasi, makhluk gaib, mantra, manusia peri, mistis, peri, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | yêu ma: màu da tối trung bình | cổ tích, kỳ ảo, màu da tối trung bình, phép thuật, thần bí, tộc tiên, yêu ma, yêu tinh |
| ไทย (th) | เอลฟ์: โทนผิวสีแทน | ขลัง, จอมเวทย์, โทนผิวสีแทน, พลังเวทย์, แฟนตาซี, เวทมนตร์, เอลฟ์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | エルフ: やや濃い肌色 | エルフ, ファンタジー, やや濃い肌色, 伝説, 妖精, 神秘的, 神話, 魔力, 魔法 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 엘프: 진한 갈색 피부 | 마법, 신화, 엘프, 요정, 전설, 진한 갈색 피부, 판타지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 小精灵: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 小精灵, 神秘, 精灵, 魔幻, 魔法 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 小精靈：褐皮膚 | 勒苟拉斯, 小精靈, 褐皮膚, 魔戒風 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): elf: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): ɛlefo: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): kukudh: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ኤልፍ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): էլֆ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): যোগীনী: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): elf: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): эльф: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): elfo: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): эльф: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): patuljak: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): елф: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): နတ်သူငယ် − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): elfe : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 小精靈: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 小精灵: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): elf: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 精靈：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): эльф: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): šumski vilenjak: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): obličej elfa: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): elver: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): päkapikk: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): elfo: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): álvur: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): duwende: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): haltia: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): elfo: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ელფი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઈલ્ફ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): jinsiri: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): elf: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): tünde: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): huldumaður: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): elfụ: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): lucharachán: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): peri: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): эльф: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ەلىف: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): អែលហ្វ: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ishitani: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): वनदेवता: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): эльф: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): jalwach: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເອວຟ໌: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): elfs: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): elfo: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): elfas: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): elf: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Elf: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): шумски елф: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): orang halus: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): ദുർഭൂതം: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): għafrit: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): वनदेव: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): одой хүн: бордуу
- Māori (mi): erepe: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): सानो मानव जस्तो जीव: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹlf: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephidi se matla: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): alv: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ଅପ୍ସରା: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): eeliif: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): ګوړا: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬੌਣਾ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بُھوت: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): elfo: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): elf: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Sardinian (sc): alvu: pedde bastante iscura
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ailbhear: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): виловњак: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): vilovnjak: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ဢႄးလ်ၾ်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): بونا: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): එල්ෆ්: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): lesná bytosť: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): škrati: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): ruuxaan: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): duende: tono de piel oscuro medio
- Swahili (sw): kibwengo: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): пакана: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): எல்ஃப்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): ఎల్ఫ్: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ኤልፍ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): kiʻi feeli: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): mankge mo ditlhamaneng: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): elf: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): soninak: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پریت: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): پىر: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): elf: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): coblyn: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): elfe: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): uhili: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Egbére: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Egbére: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-elf: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DD U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `🧝🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F9DD\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DD}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DD\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9D F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDD D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9D%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## 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 medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🧝🏾 is the 🧝 elf emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🧝 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DD U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 🧝🏾?

Find 🧝 in your emoji keyboard by searching “elf”, then press and hold it and choose medium-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+1F3FE. In HTML you can write 🧝🏾

### When was 🧝🏾 added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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