# 🧜🏽‍♀️ Mermaid emoji: medium skin tone

🧜🏽‍♀️ is the mermaid emoji (🧜‍♀️) with medium skin tone. It's 🧜‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

- Emoji: 🧜🏽‍♀️
- Unicode name: mermaid: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FD 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-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-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FE 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 skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FD)
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 skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “mermaid”, then pick medium 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 medio | sirena, tono de piel medio |
| Français (fr) | sirène : peau légèrement mate | peau légèrement mate, sirène |
| Deutsch (de) | Meerjungfrau: mittlere Hautfarbe | Meerjungfrau, mittlere Hautfarbe, Nixe, Wasserfrau |
| Italiano (it) | sirena donna: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, sirena, sirena donna |
| Português (pt) | sereia: pele morena | pele morena, sereia |
| Nederlands (nl) | sirene: getinte huidskleur | getinte huidskleur, meermin, sirene |
| Svenska (sv) | sjöjungfru: mellanfärgad hy | mellanfärgad hy, sjöjungfru, sjörå |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta syrena: karnacja średnia | karnacja średnia, kobieta syrena, syrena |
| Türkçe (tr) | denizkızı: orta cilt tonu | balık kadın, denizkızı, orta cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | женщина-русалка: средний тон кожи | женщина, женщина-русалка, полурыба, русалка, средний тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | русалка: помірний тон шкіри | жінка-русалка, помірний тон шкіри, русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα γοργόνα: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνα, γυναίκα γοργόνα, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | حورية بحر: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, حورية بحر, عروسة البحر |
| עברית (he) | בת הים: גוון עור בינוני | בת הים, גוון עור בינוני, סירונית |
| فارسی (fa) | پری دریایی: پوست طلایی | پری دریایی, پوست طلایی, دریازن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यकन्या: गेहुँआ त्वचा | गेहुँआ त्वचा, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यस्त्री |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারমেড: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারমেড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | putri duyung: warna kulit sedang | putri duyung, wanita duyung, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nàng tiên cá: màu da trung bình | công chúa cá, màu da trung bình, nàng tiên cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือก: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | เงือก, โทนผิวสีเหลือง |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーメイド: 中間の肌色 | マーメイド, 中間の肌色, 人魚, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 여자 인어: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 美人鱼: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 女人鱼, 美人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 美人魚：淺褐皮膚 | 淺褐皮膚, 美人魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meermin: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛmeede: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): grua sirenë: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ሴት ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): ջրահարս․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যকন্যা: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): su pərisi: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ҡыҙы: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): lamina: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): русалка: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena sirena: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): русалка: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေသူမ − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): sirène : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 美人魚: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 美人鱼: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): sirena: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 美人魚：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш хӗрарӑм: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): sirena: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořská panna: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havfrue: medium teint
- Estonian (et): merineitsi: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): sereia: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): havfrúgv: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): sirena: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenneito: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo feminino: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): ქალთევზა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેઈડ: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanar ruwa: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): mermaid: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): sellőlány: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hafmeyja: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): mamịwọta: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): murúch: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): duyung wadon: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಕನ್ಯೆ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): су перісі: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋ پەرىسى: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): នាងមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): makobwasamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यकन्या: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): русалка: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): mekar: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນາງເງືອກ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): nāra: vidējs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): undinėlė: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mórska kněžna: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierjongfra: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): сирена: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): ikan duyung: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യകന്യക: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): serena: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): जलपरी: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын дагина: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): hine-ika: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): जलपरी: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúmán Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephedi sa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havfrue: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ମତ୍ସାଗଂନା: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii lootu: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرمیډ: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲਪਰੀ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ماہی زن: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): sirena: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): sirenă: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): sirena: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): maighdeann-mhara: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): сирена: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): сирена: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sirena: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): sirena: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်မႄႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جل پري: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): morská panna: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morska deklica: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): gabreey-maanyo: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): парии обӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கடல்கன்னி: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): జలకన్య: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብይቲ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): fefine meimeite: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): modiri wa mosadi wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw gyzy: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mórska knježna: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جل پری: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق قىز: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ayol suv parisi: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): môr-forwyn: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): sireen: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): intombi-ntlanzi yasentsomini: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): iyemọja: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): iyemɔja: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-mermaid: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧜🏽‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\1F3FD\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC D83C DFFD 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BD%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 skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🧜🏽‍♀️ is the 🧜‍♀️ mermaid emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🧜‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FD 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 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+1F3FD 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-skin-tone-emoji