# 🧜 Merperson emoji

🧜 Merperson 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, ocean, sea and siren.

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

## 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.

## Skin tones

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

## Emoji that include 🧜

- 🧜‍♂️ [Merman](https://emojichart.com/merman-emoji.md)
- 🧜‍♀️ [Mermaid](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji.md)

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

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meerpersoon
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛnipa
- Albanian (sq): sirenë deti
- Amharic (am): ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ
- Armenian (hy): մարդաձուկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): dəniz adamı
- Bashkir (ba): һыу кешеһе
- Basque (eu): itsas izaki
- Belarusian (be): русалкі
- Bosnian (bs): sirena
- Bulgarian (bg): жена амфибия
- Burmese (my): ရေလူ
- Cantonese (yue): 人魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 人鱼
- Catalan (ca): persona sirena
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш
- Croatian (hr): morska sirena
- Czech (cs): mořská bytost
- Danish (da): havvæsen
- Estonian (et): näkk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): tritão
- Faroese (fo): havfólk
- Filipino (fil): merperson
- Finnish (fi): merenväki
- Galician (gl): serea
- Georgian (ka): ადამიანთევზა
- Gujarati (gu): મરપર્સન
- Hausa (ha): aljanun ruwa
- Hungarian (hu): sellő
- Icelandic (is): sæbúi
- Igbo (ig): onyewọta
- Irish (ga): duine murúch
- Javanese (jv): duyung
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): теңіз тұрғыны
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تەڭىز تۇرعىنى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សមច្ឆា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): muntusamaki
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यव्यक्ती
- Kyrgyz (ky): сууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал)
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): karwinaq
- Lao (lo): ເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks nāra
- Lithuanian (lt): undinius
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z mórja
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierpersoun
- Macedonian (mk): морско лице
- Malay (ms): manusia duyung
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ
- Maltese (mt): merperson
- Marathi (mr): मरपर्सन
- Mongolian (mn): лусын хүн
- Māori (mi): tangata-ika
- Nepali (ne): मत्स्यमान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho wa ka meetseng
- Norwegian (no): havperson
- Odia (or): ମରପର୍ସନ
- Oromo (om): nama lo’u
- Pashto (ps): مرپرسن
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جل دیو
- Quechua (qu): runa sirena
- Romanian (ro): persoană sirenă
- Romansh (rm): uman da l’aua
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach-mara
- Serbian (sr): особа из мора
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba iz mora
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): ميل پرسن
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරු
- Slovak (sk): morská bytosť
- Slovenian (sl): morska oseba
- Somali (so): qof cajiib ah
- Swahili (sw): nguva mtu
- Tajik (tg): шахси обӣ
- Tamil (ta): கடல்மனிதன்
- Telugu (te): జల వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ዓሳ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha meimeite
- Tswana (tn): motho wa tlhamane
- Turkmen (tk): suw adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z morja
- Urdu (ur): پانی کے جاندار
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق ئادەم
- Uzbek (uz): suv parisi
- Welsh (cy): môrberson
- Wolof (wo): sireen bu nit
- Xhosa (xh): i-merperson
- Yoruba (yo): Yemọja ènìyàn
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yemɔja ènìyàn
- Zulu (zu): i-merperson

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji