# 🧜🏽‍♂️ Merman emoji: medium skin tone

🧜🏽‍♂️ is the merman 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: merman: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧜‍♂️ Merman](https://emojichart.com/merman-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/merman-medium-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🧜‍♂️ [Merman](https://emojichart.com/merman-emoji.md)
- 🧜🏻‍♂️ [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-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 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. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 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 “merman”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “merman”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “merman”, then press and hold it and choose medium skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “merman”, 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 hombre: tono de piel medio | sirena, sirena hombre, tono de piel medio, tritón |
| Français (fr) | triton : peau légèrement mate | peau légèrement mate, Triton |
| Deutsch (de) | Wassermann: mittlere Hautfarbe | mittlere Hautfarbe, Triton, Wassermann |
| Italiano (it) | tritone: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, creatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone |
| Português (pt) | sereio: pele morena | pele morena, sereio, Tritão |
| Nederlands (nl) | zeemeerman: getinte huidskleur | getinte huidskleur, Triton, zeemeerman |
| Svenska (sv) | strömkarl: mellanfärgad hy | mellanfärgad hy, strömkarl, Triton |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna syrena: karnacja średnia | karnacja średnia, mężczyzna syrena, Tryton |
| Türkçe (tr) | balık adam: orta cilt tonu | balık adam, orta cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | тритон: средний тон кожи | мужчина, полурыба, русалка, средний тон кожи, тритон |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік-русалка: помірний тон шкіри | помірний тон шкіри, Тритон, чоловік-русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γοργόνος: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνος, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, Τρίτων |
| العربية (ar) | مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون معتدل | بشرة بلون معتدل, مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة |
| עברית (he) | בן ים: גוון עור בינוני | בן ים, גוון עור בינוני, טריטון |
| فارسی (fa) | دریامرد: پوست طلایی | پوست طلایی, تریتون, دریامرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यपुरुष: गेहुँआ त्वचा | गेहुँआ त्वचा, ट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারম্যান: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | ট্রিটন, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, মারম্যান |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria duyung: warna kulit sedang | pria duyung, Triton, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chàng tiên cá: màu da trung bình | chàng tiên cá, màu da trung bình, thần nửa người nửa cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือกชาย: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | เงือกชาย, โทนผิวสีเหลือง |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーマン: 中間の肌色 | マーマン, 中間の肌色, 人魚, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 남자 인어: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男人鱼: 中等肤色 | 中等肤色, 特里同, 男人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男人魚：淺褐皮膚 | 淺褐皮膚, 男人魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meerman: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛbarima: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë sirenë: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): տրիտոն․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যপুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): dəniz kişisi: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ире: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): gizon-itxurako itsas izaki: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): мужчына-русалка: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sirena: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж амфибия: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေသူထီး − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): triton : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 男美人魚: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 男美人鱼: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): home sirena: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 男人魚：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): тритон: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muška sirena: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořský muž: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havmand: medium teint
- Estonian (et): meesnäkk: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): tritão (homem): tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): havmaður: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking sirena: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenmies: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo masculino: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): კაცთევზა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેન: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanin ruwa: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): merman: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): férfi sellő: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): marbendill: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwokewọta: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): murúch fir: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): duyung lanang: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): құйрықты: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇيرىقتى: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): ប្រុសមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): mugabosamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यदादलो: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): эркек русалка: орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): karixoq: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເງືອກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): sireno: tono de piel medio
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis nāra: vidējs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): vandenis/undinius: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nykus: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Miermann: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж сирена: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): duyung jantan: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യനരൻ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): merman: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मरमॅन: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын хаан: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tāne-ika: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): मत्स्यछोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mán Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havmann: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ମରମ୍ୟାନ୍: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira lo’u: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرمین: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جل مانس: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): tata triton: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat sirenă: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um da l’aua: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine-mara: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушкарац из мора: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушкарац из мора: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muškarac iz mora: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muškarac iz mora: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جل مانس: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): පිරිමි දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): morský muž: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morski mož: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): wiilo-maanyo: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva dume: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): марди обӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): ஆண் கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): జలపురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata meimeite: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): monna wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw erkegi: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wódny muž: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جل مانس: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق ئەر: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): triton: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): morwas: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): sireen bu góor: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): i-merman: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Yemọja ọkùnrin: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yemɔja ɔkùnrin: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-merman: uhlobo-4

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧜🏽‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\1F3FD\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FD}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FD\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BD E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC D83C DFFD 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BD%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 medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🧜🏽‍♂️ is the 🧜‍♂️ merman 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+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🧜🏽‍♂️?

Find 🧜‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “merman”, 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+2642 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/merman-medium-skin-tone-emoji