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🧜‍♂️U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Merman emoji

A man with a fish tail, a sea creature from folklore, sometimes holding a trident. It is often sent for mermen and ocean fantasy, and for swimming, beach or sea-themed posts and costumes.

Unicode name
merman
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Shortcode
:merman:
Keywords
creature, fairytale, folklore, merman, Neptune, ocean, Poseidon, sea, siren, trident, Triton

How it looks

🧜‍♂️
Your device
Merman emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Merman emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Merman emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🧜‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

  1. 🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC
  2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
  3. ♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
  4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🧜‍♂️

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolsirena hombresirena, sirena hombre, tritón
FrançaistritonTriton
DeutschWassermannTriton, Wassermann
Italianotritonecreatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone
Portuguêssereiosereio, Tritão
NederlandszeemeermanTriton, zeemeerman
Svenskaströmkarlströmkarl, Triton
Polskimężczyzna syrenamężczyzna syrena, Tryton
Türkçebalık adambalık adam
Русскийтритонмужчина, полурыба, русалка, тритон
Українськачоловік-русалкаТритон, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνοςγοργόνος, Τρίτων
العربيةمخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكةمخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة
עבריתבן יםבן ים, טריטון
فارسیدریامردتریتون, دریامرد
हिन्दीमत्स्यपुरुषट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष
বাংলামারম্যানট্রিটন, মারম্যান
Bahasa Indonesiapria duyungpria duyung, Triton
Tiếng Việtchàng tiên cáchàng tiên cá, thần nửa người nửa cá
ไทยเงือกชายเงือกชาย
日本語マーマンマーマン, 人魚, 男, 男性
한국어남자 인어남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 해저
中文（简体）男人鱼特里同, 男人鱼
中文（繁體）男人魚男人魚
Names in 96 more languages
Afrikaansmeerman
AkanMɛɛbarima
Albanianburrë sirenë
Amharicወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ
Armenianտրիտոն
Assameseমৎস্যপুৰুষ
Azerbaijanidəniz kişisi
Bashkirһыу ире
Basquegizon-itxurako itsas izaki
Belarusianмужчына-русалка
Bosnianmuškarac sirena
Bretonmorgan
Bulgarianмъж амфибия
Burmeseရေသူထီး
Cantonese男美人魚
Cantonese (Simplified)男美人鱼
Catalanhome sirena
CherokeeᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ
Chuvashтритон
Croatianmuška sirena
Czechmořský muž
Danishhavmand
Estonianmeesnäkk
European Portuguesetritão (homem)
Faroesehavmaður
Filipinolalaking sirena
Finnishmerenmies
Galicianserea de sexo masculino
Georgianკაცთევზა
Gujaratiમરમેન
Hausaaljanin ruwa
Hungarianférfi sellő
Icelandicmarbendill
Igbonwokewọta
Irishmurúch fir
Javaneseduyung lanang
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ
Kazakhқұйрықты
Kazakh (Arabic)قۇيرىقتى
Khmerប្រុសមច្ឆា
Kinyarwandamugabosamaki
Konkaniमत्स्यदादलो
Kyrgyzэркек русалка
Kʼicheʼkarixoq
Laoເງືອກຊາຍ
Latin American Spanishsireno
Latvianvīrietis nāra
Lithuanianvandenis/undinius
Lower Sorbiannykus
LuxembourgishMiermann
Macedonianмаж сирена
Malayduyung jantan
Malayalamമത്സ്യനരൻ
Maltesemerman
Marathiमरमॅन
Mongolianлусын хаан
Māoritāne-ika
Nepaliमत्स्यछोरामान्छे
Nigerian PidginMán Mamíwọtá
Northern Sothomonna wa ka meetseng
Norwegianhavmann
Odiaମରମ୍ୟାନ୍
Oromodhiira lo’u
Pashtoمرمین
Punjabiਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)جل مانس
Quechuatata triton
Romanianbărbat sirenă
Romanshum da l’aua
Scottish Gaelicduine-mara
Serbianмушкарац из мора
Serbian (Latin)muškarac iz mora
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ
Sindhiجل مانس
Sinhalaපිරිමි දියකිඳුරා
Slovakmorský muž
Slovenianmorski mož
Somaliwiilo-maanyo
Swahilinguva dume
Tajikмарди обӣ
Tamilஆண் கடல்மனிதன்
Teluguజలపురుషుడు
Tigrinyaሰብኣይ ዓሳ
Tongantangata meimeite
Tswanamonna wa tlhamane
Turkmensuw erkegi
Upper Sorbianwódny muž
Urduجل مانس
Uyghurبېلىق ئەر
Uzbektriton
Welshmorwas
Wolofsireen bu góor
Xhosai-merman
YorubaYemọja ọkùnrin
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ɔkùnrin
Zului-merman

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML
🧜‍♂️
CSS
\1F9DC\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F9DC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83E DDDC 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🧜‍♂️ merman emoji mean?

A man with a fish tail, a sea creature from folklore, sometimes holding a trident. It is often sent for mermen and ocean fantasy, and for swimming, beach or sea-themed posts and costumes.

How do I type the 🧜‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “merman”. 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 :merman:.

When was the 🧜‍♂️ emoji added?

🧜‍♂️ was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧜‍♂️?

U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🧜‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

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

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