Merman emoji: light skin tone
🧜🏻♂️ is the merman emoji (🧜♂️) with light skin tone. It's 🧜♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
- Unicode name
- merman: light skin tone
- Category
- People & body, Fantasy people
- Added
- Emoji 5.0 in 2017
- Code points
- U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Base emoji
- 🧜♂️ Merman
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.
How it looks
Other 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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:
- 🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC
- 🏻Light skin toneU+1F3FB
- Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
- ♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
- 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”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “merman”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “merman”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “merman”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | sirena hombre: tono de piel claro | sirena, sirena hombre, tono de piel claro, tritón |
| Français | triton : peau claire | peau claire, Triton |
| Deutsch | Wassermann: helle Hautfarbe | helle Hautfarbe, Triton, Wassermann |
| Italiano | tritone: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, creatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone |
| Português | sereio: pele clara | pele clara, sereio, Tritão |
| Nederlands | zeemeerman: lichte huidskleur | lichte huidskleur, Triton, zeemeerman |
| Svenska | strömkarl: ljus hy | ljus hy, strömkarl, Triton |
| Polski | mężczyzna syrena: karnacja jasna | karnacja jasna, mężczyzna syrena, Tryton |
| Türkçe | balık adam: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, balık adam |
| Русский | тритон: очень светлый тон кожи | мужчина, очень светлый тон кожи, полурыба, русалка, тритон |
| Українська | чоловік-русалка: світлий тон шкіри | світлий тон шкіри, Тритон, чоловік-русалка |
| Ελληνικά | γοργόνος: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γοργόνος, Τρίτων |
| العربية | مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون فاتح | بشرة بلون فاتح, مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة |
| עברית | בן ים: גוון עור בהיר | בן ים, גוון עור בהיר, טריטון |
| فارسی | دریامرد: پوست سفید | پوست سفید, تریتون, دریامرد |
| हिन्दी | मत्स्यपुरुष: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, ट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष |
| বাংলা | মারম্যান: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | ট্রিটন, মারম্যান, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria duyung: warna kulit cerah | pria duyung, Triton, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt | chàng tiên cá: màu da sáng | chàng tiên cá, màu da sáng, thần nửa người nửa cá |
| ไทย | เงือกชาย: โทนผิวสีขาว | เงือกชาย, โทนผิวสีขาว |
| 日本語 | マーマン: 薄い肌色 | マーマン, 人魚, 男, 男性, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 | 남자 인어: 하얀 피부 | 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 하얀 피부, 해저 |
| 中文(简体) | 男人鱼: 较浅肤色 | 特里同, 男人鱼, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文(繁體) | 男人魚:白皮膚 | 男人魚, 白皮膚 |
Names in 99 more languages
| Afrikaans | meerman: ligte velkleur |
|---|---|
| Akan | Mɛɛbarima: wedeε ani a εda so |
| Albanian | burrë sirenë: nuancë lëkure e çelët |
| Amharic | ወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2 |
| Armenian | տրիտոն․ բաց գույնի մաշկ |
| Assamese | মৎস্যপুৰুষ: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং |
| Azerbaijani | dəniz kişisi: açıq dəri tonu |
| Bashkir | һыу ире: аҡһыл тән төҫө |
| Basque | gizon-itxurako itsas izaki: 1–2. mota |
| Belarusian | мужчына-русалка: светлы тон скуры |
| Bosnian | muškarac sirena: svijetla boja kože |
| Bulgarian | мъж амфибия: светла кожа |
| Burmese | ရေသူထီး − အသားဖြူရောင် |
| Canadian French | triton : peau claire |
| Cantonese | 男美人魚: 淺膚色 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 男美人鱼: 浅肤色 |
| Catalan | home sirena: pell molt clara |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ |
| Chuvash | тритон: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ |
| Croatian | muška sirena: svijetla boja kože |
| Czech | mořský muž: světlý odstín pleti |
| Danish | havmand: lys teint |
| Estonian | meesnäkk: hele nahatoon |
| European Portuguese | tritão (homem): tipo de pele 1–2 |
| Faroese | havmaður: ljósur húðarlitur |
| Filipino | lalaking sirena: light na kulay ng balat |
| Finnish | merenmies: vaalea iho |
| Galician | serea de sexo masculino: ton de pel moi claro |
| Georgian | კაცთევზა: კანის ღია ტონალობა |
| Gujarati | મરમેન: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ |
| Hausa | aljanin ruwa: launin fata mai haske |
| Hindi (Latin) | merman: Fair skin |
| Hungarian | férfi sellő: világos bőrtónus |
| Icelandic | marbendill: ljós húðlitur |
| Igbo | nwokewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha |
| Irish | murúch fir: ton cnis geal |
| Javanese | duyung lanang: kulit putih |
| Kannada | ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ |
| Kazakh | құйрықты: 1–2 тері түсі |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | قۇيرىقتى: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى |
| Khmer | ប្រុសមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស |
| Kinyarwanda | mugabosamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera |
| Konkani | मत्स्यदादलो: उजळ कातीचो रंग |
| Kyrgyz | эркек русалка: акжуумал |
| Kʼicheʼ | karixoq: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal |
| Lao | ເງືອກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ |
| Latin American Spanish | sireno: tono de piel claro |
| Latvian | vīrietis nāra: gaišs ādas tonis |
| Lithuanian | vandenis/undinius: šviesios odos |
| Lower Sorbian | nykus: swětła barwa kóže |
| Luxembourgish | Miermann: hell Hautfaarf |
| Macedonian | маж сирена: тип на кожа 1–2 |
| Malay | duyung jantan: ton kulit cerah |
| Malayalam | മത്സ്യനരൻ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം |
| Maltese | merman: ton ċar tal-ġilda |
| Marathi | मरमॅन: उजळ त्वचा |
| Mongolian | лусын хаан: цайвар |
| Māori | tāne-ika: kiri āhua māmā |
| Nepali | मत्स्यछोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२ |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Mán Mamíwọtá: Laít Skín Ton |
| Northern Sotho | monna wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga |
| Norwegian | havmann: hudtype 1–2 |
| Odia | ମରମ୍ୟାନ୍: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ |
| Oromo | dhiira lo’u: toonii gogaa ifaa |
| Pashto | مرمین: د روڼ پوستکي ټون |
| Punjabi | ਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | جل مانس: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد |
| Quechua | tata triton: chuya qara niraq |
| Romanian | bărbat sirenă: ton deschis al pielii |
| Romansh | um da l’aua: pel clera |
| Scottish Gaelic | duine-mara: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn |
| Serbian | мушкарац из мора: светла кожа |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | мушкарац из мора: свијетла кожа |
| Serbian (Latin) | muškarac iz mora: svetla koža |
| Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | muškarac iz mora: svijetla koža |
| Shan | ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ် |
| Sindhi | جل مانس: گوري رنگت |
| Sinhala | පිරිමි දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2 |
| Slovak | morský muž: svetlý tón pleti |
| Slovenian | morski mož: svetel ten kože |
| Somali | wiilo-maanyo: jidh fudud |
| Swahili | nguva dume: ngozi nyeupe |
| Tajik | марди обӣ: ранги равшани пӯст |
| Tamil | ஆண் கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 1–2 |
| Telugu | జలపురుషుడు: లేత చర్మపు రంగు |
| Tigrinya | ሰብኣይ ዓሳ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት |
| Tongan | tangata meimeite: kili hinehina |
| Tswana | monna wa tlhamane: letlalo le lesweu |
| Turkmen | suw erkegi: açyk deri reňki |
| Upper Sorbian | wódny muž: swětła barba kože |
| Urdu | جل مانس: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت |
| Uyghur | بېلىق ئەر: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ |
| Uzbek | triton: 1–2-teri turi |
| Welsh | morwas: arlliw croen golau |
| Wolof | sireen bu góor: xeesaayu der bu woyof |
| Xhosa | i-merman: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo |
| Yoruba | Yemọja ọkùnrin: amọ́lára |
| Yoruba (Benin) | Yemɔja ɔkùnrin: amɔ́lára |
| Zulu | i-merman: uhlobo-1-2 |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F- HTML
🧜🏻‍♂️- CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FB\200D\2642\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}- Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F- UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFB 200D 2642 FE0F- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does 🧜🏻♂️ 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. 🧜🏻♂️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.
What is the difference between 🧜🏻♂️ and 🧜♂️?
🧜🏻♂️ is the 🧜♂️ merman emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧜♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.
How do I type 🧜🏻♂️?
Find 🧜♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “merman”, then press and hold it and choose light 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+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜🏻‍♂️
When was 🧜🏻♂️ added?
It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.