# 🧜🏾‍♀️ Mermaid emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🧜🏾‍♀️ is the mermaid 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: mermaid: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧜‍♀️ Mermaid](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Shows a woman with a fish tail instead of legs, the legendary creature of the sea. Expect it for mermaids, fairy tales and ocean fantasy, swimming, beach and summer posts, and saying someone is at home in the water.

## Other skin tones

- 🧜‍♀️ [Mermaid](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji.md)
- 🧜🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧜🏾‍♀️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧜🏾‍♀️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “mermaid”, 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) | sirena: tono de piel oscuro medio | sirena, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | sirène : peau mate | peau mate, sirène |
| Deutsch (de) | Meerjungfrau: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Meerjungfrau, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Nixe, Wasserfrau |
| Italiano (it) | sirena donna: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, sirena, sirena donna |
| Português (pt) | sereia: pele morena escura | pele morena escura, sereia |
| Nederlands (nl) | sirene: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, meermin, sirene |
| Svenska (sv) | sjöjungfru: mellanmörk hy | mellanmörk hy, sjöjungfru, sjörå |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta syrena: karnacja średnio ciemna | karnacja średnio ciemna, kobieta syrena, syrena |
| Türkçe (tr) | denizkızı: orta koyu cilt tonu | balık kadın, denizkızı, orta koyu cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | женщина-русалка: темный тон кожи | женщина, женщина-русалка, полурыба, русалка, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | русалка: помірно темний тон шкіри | жінка-русалка, помірно темний тон шкіри, русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα γοργόνα: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνα, γυναίκα γοργόνα, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | حورية بحر: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, حورية بحر, عروسة البحر |
| עברית (he) | בת הים: גוון עור כהה בינוני | בת הים, גוון עור כהה בינוני, סירונית |
| فارسی (fa) | پری دریایی: پوست گندمی | پری دریایی, پوست گندمی, دریازن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यकन्या: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यस्त्री, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারমেড: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারমেড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | putri duyung: warna kulit gelap-sedang | putri duyung, wanita duyung, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nàng tiên cá: màu da tối trung bình | công chúa cá, màu da tối trung bình, nàng tiên cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือก: โทนผิวสีแทน | เงือก, โทนผิวสีแทน |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーメイド: やや濃い肌色 | マーメイド, やや濃い肌色, 人魚, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 여자 인어: 진한 갈색 피부 | 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 진한 갈색 피부, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 美人鱼: 中等-深肤色 | 中等-深肤色, 女人鱼, 美人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 美人魚：褐皮膚 | 美人魚, 褐皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meermin: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛmeede: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): grua sirenë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ሴት ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): ջրահարս․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যকন্যা: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): su pərisi: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ҡыҙы: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): lamina: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): русалка: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena sirena: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): русалка: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေသူမ − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): sirène : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 美人魚: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 美人鱼: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): sirena: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 美人魚：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш хӗрарӑм: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): sirena: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořská panna: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havfrue: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): merineitsi: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): sereia: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): havfrúgv: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): sirena: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenneito: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo feminino: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ქალთევზა: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેઈડ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanar ruwa: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): mermaid: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): sellőlány: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hafmeyja: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): mamịwọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): murúch: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): duyung wadon: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಕನ್ಯೆ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): су перісі: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋ پەرىسى: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): នាងមច្ឆា: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): makobwasamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यकन्या: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): русалка: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): mekar: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນາງເງືອກ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): nāra: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): undinėlė: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mórska kněžna: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierjongfra: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): сирена: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): ikan duyung: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യകന്യക: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): serena: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): जलपरी: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын дагина: бордуу
- Māori (mi): hine-ika: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): जलपरी: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúmán Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephedi sa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havfrue: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ମତ୍ସାଗଂନା: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii lootu: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرمیډ: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲਪਰੀ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ماہی زن: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): sirena: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): sirenă: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): sirena: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): maighdeann-mhara: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): сирена: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sirena: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်မႄႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): جل پري: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): morská panna: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morska deklica: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): gabreey-maanyo: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): парии обӣ: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கடல்கன்னி: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): జలకన్య: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብይቲ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): fefine meimeite: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): modiri wa mosadi wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw gyzy: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mórska knježna: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جل پری: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق قىز: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ayol suv parisi: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): môr-forwyn: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): sireen: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): intombi-ntlanzi yasentsomini: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): iyemọja: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): iyemɔja: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-mermaid: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧜🏾‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\1F3FE\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC D83C DFFE 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🧜🏾‍♀️ mean?

Shows a woman with a fish tail instead of legs, the legendary creature of the sea. Expect it for mermaids, fairy tales and ocean fantasy, swimming, beach and summer posts, and saying someone is at home in the water. 🧜🏾‍♀️ shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧜🏾‍♀️ and 🧜‍♀️?

🧜🏾‍♀️ is the 🧜‍♀️ mermaid emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🧜‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🧜🏾‍♀️?

Find 🧜‍♀️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “mermaid”, 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+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜🏾‍♀️

### When was 🧜🏾‍♀️ added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji