# 🧜‍♂️ Merman emoji

🧜‍♂️ Merman is an emoji in the fantasy people set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: creature, fairytale, folklore, Neptune, ocean and Poseidon.

- Emoji: 🧜‍♂️
- Unicode name: merman
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :merman:
- Keywords: creature, fairytale, folklore, merman, Neptune, ocean, Poseidon, sea, siren, trident, Triton
- Page: https://emojichart.com/merman-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 🧜🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merman-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merman-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merman-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merman-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merman-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. 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 “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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | sirena hombre | sirena, sirena hombre, tritón |
| Français (fr) | triton | Triton |
| Deutsch (de) | Wassermann | Triton, Wassermann |
| Italiano (it) | tritone | creatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone |
| Português (pt) | sereio | sereio, Tritão |
| Nederlands (nl) | zeemeerman | Triton, zeemeerman |
| Svenska (sv) | strömkarl | strömkarl, Triton |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna syrena | mężczyzna syrena, Tryton |
| Türkçe (tr) | balık adam | balık adam |
| Русский (ru) | тритон | мужчина, полурыба, русалка, тритон |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік-русалка | Тритон, чоловік-русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γοργόνος | γοργόνος, Τρίτων |
| العربية (ar) | مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة | مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة |
| עברית (he) | בן ים | בן ים, טריטון |
| فارسی (fa) | دریامرد | تریتون, دریامرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यपुरुष | ट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারম্যান | ট্রিটন, মারম্যান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria duyung | pria duyung, Triton |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chàng tiên cá | chàng tiên cá, thần nửa người nửa cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือกชาย | เงือกชาย |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーマン | マーマン, 人魚, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 인어 | 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男人鱼 | 特里同, 男人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男人魚 | 男人魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meerman
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛbarima
- Albanian (sq): burrë sirenë
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ
- Armenian (hy): տրիտոն
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যপুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): dəniz kişisi
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ире
- Basque (eu): gizon-itxurako itsas izaki
- Belarusian (be): мужчына-русалка
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sirena
- Breton (br): morgan
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж амфибия
- Burmese (my): ရေသူထီး
- Cantonese (yue): 男美人魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男美人鱼
- Catalan (ca): home sirena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ
- Chuvash (cv): тритон
- Croatian (hr): muška sirena
- Czech (cs): mořský muž
- Danish (da): havmand
- Estonian (et): meesnäkk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): tritão (homem)
- Faroese (fo): havmaður
- Filipino (fil): lalaking sirena
- Finnish (fi): merenmies
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo masculino
- Georgian (ka): კაცთევზა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેન
- Hausa (ha): aljanin ruwa
- Hungarian (hu): férfi sellő
- Icelandic (is): marbendill
- Igbo (ig): nwokewọta
- Irish (ga): murúch fir
- Javanese (jv): duyung lanang
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ
- Kazakh (kk): құйрықты
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇيرىقتى
- Khmer (km): ប្រុសមច្ឆា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): mugabosamaki
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यदादलो
- Kyrgyz (ky): эркек русалка
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): karixoq
- Lao (lo): ເງືອກຊາຍ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): sireno
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis nāra
- Lithuanian (lt): vandenis/undinius
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nykus
- Luxembourgish (lb): Miermann
- Macedonian (mk): маж сирена
- Malay (ms): duyung jantan
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യനരൻ
- Maltese (mt): merman
- Marathi (mr): मरमॅन
- Mongolian (mn): лусын хаан
- Māori (mi): tāne-ika
- Nepali (ne): मत्स्यछोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Mamíwọtá
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa ka meetseng
- Norwegian (no): havmann
- Odia (or): ମରମ୍ୟାନ୍
- Oromo (om): dhiira lo’u
- Pashto (ps): مرمین
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جل مانس
- Quechua (qu): tata triton
- Romanian (ro): bărbat sirenă
- Romansh (rm): um da l’aua
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine-mara
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац из мора
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac iz mora
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ
- Sindhi (sd): جل مانس
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි දියකිඳුරා
- Slovak (sk): morský muž
- Slovenian (sl): morski mož
- Somali (so): wiilo-maanyo
- Swahili (sw): nguva dume
- Tajik (tg): марди обӣ
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் கடல்மனிதன்
- Telugu (te): జలపురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ዓሳ
- Tongan (to): tangata meimeite
- Tswana (tn): monna wa tlhamane
- Turkmen (tk): suw erkegi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wódny muž
- Urdu (ur): جل مانس
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): triton
- Welsh (cy): morwas
- Wolof (wo): sireen bu góor
- Xhosa (xh): i-merman
- Yoruba (yo): Yemọja ọkùnrin
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yemɔja ɔkùnrin
- Zulu (zu): i-merman

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/merman-emoji