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🧜🏿U+1F9DC U+1F3FF

Merperson emoji: dark skin tone

🧜🏿 is the merperson emoji (🧜) with dark skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

Unicode name
merperson: dark skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FF
Base emoji
🧜 Merperson

What it means

Portrays a person with a fish tail in place of legs, a sea creature from folklore. Look for it in posts about mermaids and mermen of any gender, ocean and fantasy themes, and beach and swimming life.

How it looks

🧜🏿
Your device
Merperson emoji: dark skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Merperson emoji: dark skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Merperson emoji: dark skin tone, as drawn in OpenMoji by OpenMoji, the open-source emoji and icon project
OpenMoji

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 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

  1. 🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC
  2. 🏿Dark skin toneU+1F3FF

How to type 🧜🏿

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “merperson”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “merperson”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “merperson”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “merperson”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona sirena: tono de piel oscuropersona sirena, sirena, tono de piel oscuro, tritón
Françaiscréature aquatique : peau foncéeariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, peau foncée, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton
DeutschWassermensch: dunkle Hautfarbedunkle Hautfarbe, Märchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch
Italianosirena: carnagione scuracarnagione scura, creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta
Portuguêspessoa sereia: pele escuracanto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, pele escura, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente
Nederlandszeemeermin: donkere huidskleurdonkere huidskleur, drietand, folklore, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee
Svenskavattenväsen: mörk hymörk hy, näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen
Polskisyrena: karnacja ciemnabajka, baśń, karnacja ciemna, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa
Türkçebalık insan: koyu cilt tonubalık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, koyu cilt tonu, mitoloji, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal
Русскийрусалка: очень темный тон кожиариэль, морские существа, очень темный тон кожи, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, тритон, ундина
Українськаказкова водяна істота: темний тон шкіриводяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, русалка, Сирена, темний тон шкіри, фольклор, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνα: σκούρος τόνος δέρματοςγοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, τρίαινα
العربيةمخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون غامقأشخاص, بشرة بلون غامق, جنية بحر, حكايات, حورية, عروس البحر, فولكلور, قصص خيالية, كائن بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة, مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة
עבריתבתולת ים: גוון עור כההבת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, גוון עור כהה, ים
فارسیدریامردمان: پوست آبنوسیافسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, پوست آبنوسی, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی
हिन्दीमत्स्यमानव: साँवली त्वचाजलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव, साँवली त्वचा
বাংলামারপার্সেন: কালো ত্বকের রঙকালো ত্বকের রঙ, পরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী
Bahasa Indonesiaorang duyung: warna kulit gelapbawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita, warna kulit gelap
Tiếng Việtngười cá: màu da tốichàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, màu da tối, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích
ไทยครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา: โทนผิวสีเข้มครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, โทนผิวสีเข้ม, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด
日本語人魚: 濃い肌色おとぎ話, サイレン, マーメイド, 人魚, 伝説, 半魚人, 海の生物, 海底, 濃い肌色
한국어인어: 검은색 피부검은색 피부, 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저
中文(简体)人鱼: 较深肤色三叉戟, 人鱼, 女人鱼, 民间传说, 海妖, 海底, 海洋生物, 男人鱼, 童话, 美人鱼, 较深肤色
中文(繁體)人魚:黑皮膚三叉戟, 人魚, 傳說, 塞壬, 海中, 海底, 童話, 美人魚, 黑皮膚, 龍宮
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaansmeerpersoon: donker velkleur
AkanMɛɛnipa: wedeε ani tuntum
Albaniansirenë deti: nuancë lëkure e errët
Amharicግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
Armenianմարդաձուկ․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যব্যক্তি: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanidəniz adamı: tünd dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу кешеһе: ҡара тән төҫө
Basqueitsas izaki: 6. mota
Belarusianрусалкі: цёмны тон скуры
Bosniansirena: tamna boja kože
Bulgarianжена амфибия: тъмна кожа
Burmeseရေလူ − အသားမည်းရောင်
Canadian Frenchcréature aquatique : peau foncée
Cantonese人魚: 深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)人鱼: 深肤色
Catalanpersona sirena: pell molt fosca
CherokeeᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvashвутӑш: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatianmorska sirena: tamno smeđa boja kože
Czechmořská bytost: tmavý odstín pleti
Danishhavvæsen: mørk teint
Estoniannäkk: tume nahatoon
European Portuguesetritão: tipo de pele 6
Faroesehavfólk: myrkur húðarlitur
Filipinomerperson: dark na kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenväki: tumma iho
Galicianserea: ton de pel moi escuro
Georgianადამიანთევზა: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરપર્સન: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausaaljanun ruwa: launin fata mai duhu
Hindi (Latin)merperson: dark skin
Hungariansellő: sötét bőrtónus
Icelandicsæbúi: dökkur húðlitur
Igboonyewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
Irishduine murúch: ton cnis dorcha
Javaneseduyung: kulit ireng
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhтеңіз тұрғыны: 6-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)تەڭىز تۇرعىنى: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerមនុស្សមច្ឆា: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
Kinyarwandamuntusamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
Konkaniमत्स्यव्यक्ती: गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzсууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал): кара
Kʼicheʼkarwinaq: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
Latviancilvēks nāra: tumšs ādas tonis
Liguriantriton: carnaxon scua
Lithuanianundinius: itin tamsios odos
Lower Sorbianwósoba z mórja: śamna barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMierpersoun: däischter Hautfaarf
Macedonianморско лице: тип на кожа 6
Malaymanusia duyung: ton kulit gelap
Malayalamമത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltesemerperson: ton skur tal-ġilda
Marathiमरपर्सन: काळसर त्वचा
Mongolianлусын хүн: бор
Māoritangata-ika: kiri āhua parauri
Nepaliमत्स्यमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-६
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá: Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sothomotho wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
Norwegianhavperson: hudtype 6
Odiaମରପର୍ସନ: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromonama lo’u: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
Pashtoمرپرسن: تور پوستکۍ
Punjabiਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)جل دیو: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuaruna sirena: yana qara niraq
Romanianpersoană sirenă: ton închis al pielii
Romanshuman da l’aua: pel stgira
Scottish Gaelicneach-mara: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbianособа из мора: тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)osoba iz mora: tamna koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
Sindhiميل پرسن: ڪارو رنگ
Sinhalaදියකිඳුරු: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
Slovakmorská bytosť: tmavý tón pleti
Slovenianmorska oseba: temen ten kože
Somaliqof cajiib ah: jidh madaw
Swahilinguva mtu: ngozi nyeusi
Tajikшахси обӣ: ранги торики пӯст
Tamilகடல்மனிதன்: வகை 6
Teluguజల వ్యక్తి: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብ ዓሳ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongantokotaha meimeite: kili ʻuliʻuli
Tswanamotho wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o montsho
Turkmensuw adam: goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwosoba z morja: ćmowa barba kože
Urduپانی کے جاندار: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق ئادەم: توق تېرە رەڭ
Uzbeksuv parisi: 6-teri turi
Welshmôrberson: arlliw croen tywyll
Wolofsireen bu nit: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
Xhosai-merperson: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
YorubaYemọja ènìyàn: adúláwọ̀
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ènìyàn: adúláwɔ̀
Zului-merperson: uhlobo-6

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FF
HTML
🧜🏿
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FF
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FF}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FF
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BF
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFF
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BF

Questions

What does 🧜🏿 mean?

Portrays a person with a fish tail in place of legs, a sea creature from folklore. Look for it in posts about mermaids and mermen of any gender, ocean and fantasy themes, and beach and swimming life. 🧜🏿 shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧜🏿 and 🧜?

🧜🏿 is the 🧜 merperson emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FF.

How do I type 🧜🏿?

Find 🧜 in your emoji keyboard by searching “merperson”, then press and hold it and choose dark 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+1F3FF. In HTML you can write 🧜🏿

When was 🧜🏿 added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.