🧜U+1F9DC

Merperson emoji

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.

Unicode name: merperson
Category: People & body, Fantasy people
Added: Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points: U+1F9DC
Shortcode: :merperson:
Keywords: creature, fairytale, folklore, merperson, ocean, sea, siren, trident

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How to type 🧜

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	persona sirena	persona sirena, sirena, tritón
Français	créature aquatique	ariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton
Deutsch	Wassermensch	Märchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch
Italiano	sirena	creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta
Português	pessoa sereia	canto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente
Nederlands	zeemeermin	drietand, folklore, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee
Svenska	vattenväsen	näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen
Polski	syrena	bajka, baśń, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa
Türkçe	balık insan	balık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, mitoloji, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal
Русский	русалка	ариэль, морские существа, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, тритон, ундина
Українська	казкова водяна істота	водяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, русалка, Сирена, фольклор, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικά	γοργόνα	γοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, τρίαινα
العربية	مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة	أشخاص, جنية بحر, حكايات, حورية, عروس البحر, فولكلور, قصص خيالية, كائن بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة, مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة
עברית	בתולת ים	בת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, ים
فارسی	دریامردمان	افسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی
हिन्दी	मत्स्यमानव	जलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव
বাংলা	মারপার্সেন	পরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী
Bahasa Indonesia	orang duyung	bawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita
Tiếng Việt	người cá	chàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích
ไทย	ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา	ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด
日本語	人魚	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
한국어	인어	남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저
中文（简体）	人鱼	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
中文（繁體）	人魚	三叉戟, 人魚, 傳說, 塞壬, 海中, 海底, 童話, 美人魚, 龍宮

Names in 94 more languages

Afrikaans	meerpersoon
Akan	Mɛɛnipa
Albanian	sirenë deti
Amharic	ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ
Armenian	մարդաձուկ
Assamese	মৎস্যব্যক্তি
Azerbaijani	dəniz adamı
Bashkir	һыу кешеһе
Basque	itsas izaki
Belarusian	русалкі
Bosnian	sirena
Bulgarian	жена амфибия
Burmese	ရေလူ
Cantonese	人魚
Cantonese (Simplified)	人鱼
Catalan	persona sirena
Cherokee	ᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ
Chuvash	вутӑш
Croatian	morska sirena
Czech	mořská bytost
Danish	havvæsen
Estonian	näkk
European Portuguese	tritão
Faroese	havfólk
Filipino	merperson
Finnish	merenväki
Galician	serea
Georgian	ადამიანთევზა
Gujarati	મરપર્સન
Hausa	aljanun ruwa
Hungarian	sellő
Icelandic	sæbúi
Igbo	onyewọta
Irish	duine murúch
Javanese	duyung
Kannada	ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
Kazakh	теңіз тұрғыны
Kazakh (Arabic)	تەڭىز تۇرعىنى
Khmer	មនុស្សមច្ឆា
Kinyarwanda	muntusamaki
Konkani	मत्स्यव्यक्ती
Kyrgyz	сууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал)
Kʼicheʼ	karwinaq
Lao	ເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ
Latvian	cilvēks nāra
Lithuanian	undinius
Lower Sorbian	wósoba z mórja
Luxembourgish	Mierpersoun
Macedonian	морско лице
Malay	manusia duyung
Malayalam	മത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ
Maltese	merperson
Marathi	मरपर्सन
Mongolian	лусын хүн
Māori	tangata-ika
Nepali	मत्स्यमान्छे
Nigerian Pidgin	Pẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá
Northern Sotho	motho wa ka meetseng
Norwegian	havperson
Odia	ମରପର୍ସନ
Oromo	nama lo’u
Pashto	مرپرسن
Punjabi	ਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ
Punjabi (Arabic)	جل دیو
Quechua	runa sirena
Romanian	persoană sirenă
Romansh	uman da l’aua
Scottish Gaelic	neach-mara
Serbian	особа из мора
Serbian (Latin)	osoba iz mora
Shan	ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ
Sindhi	ميل پرسن
Sinhala	දියකිඳුරු
Slovak	morská bytosť
Slovenian	morska oseba
Somali	qof cajiib ah
Swahili	nguva mtu
Tajik	шахси обӣ
Tamil	கடல்மனிதன்
Telugu	జల వ్యక్తి
Tigrinya	ሰብ ዓሳ
Tongan	tokotaha meimeite
Tswana	motho wa tlhamane
Turkmen	suw adam
Upper Sorbian	wosoba z morja
Urdu	پانی کے جاندار
Uyghur	بېلىق ئادەم
Uzbek	suv parisi
Welsh	môrberson
Wolof	sireen bu nit
Xhosa	i-merperson
Yoruba	Yemọja ènìyàn
Yoruba (Benin)	Yemɔja ènìyàn
Zulu	i-merperson

Codes

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

Questions

What does the 🧜 merperson emoji 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.

How do I type the 🧜 emoji?

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

When was the 🧜 emoji added?

🧜 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧜?

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

Does 🧜 come in different skin tones?

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