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🧜🏻U+1F9DC U+1F3FB

Merperson emoji: light skin tone

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

Unicode name
merperson: light skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB
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: light skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Merperson emoji: light skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Merperson emoji: light 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. 🏻Light skin toneU+1F3FB

How to type 🧜🏻

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona sirena: tono de piel claropersona sirena, sirena, tono de piel claro, tritón
Françaiscréature aquatique : peau claireariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, peau claire, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton
DeutschWassermensch: helle Hautfarbehelle Hautfarbe, Märchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch
Italianosirena: carnagione chiaracarnagione chiara, creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta
Portuguêspessoa sereia: pele claracanto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, pele clara, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente
Nederlandszeemeermin: lichte huidskleurdrietand, folklore, lichte huidskleur, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee
Svenskavattenväsen: ljus hyljus hy, näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen
Polskisyrena: karnacja jasnabajka, baśń, karnacja jasna, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa
Türkçebalık insan: açık cilt tonuaçık cilt tonu, balık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, mitoloji, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal
Русскийрусалка: очень светлый тон кожиариэль, морские существа, очень светлый тон кожи, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, тритон, ундина
Українськаказкова водяна істота: світлий тон шкіриводяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, русалка, світлий тон шкіри, Сирена, фольклор, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνα: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματοςανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, τρίαινα
العربيةمخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون فاتحأشخاص, بشرة بلون فاتح, 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 בהירבת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, גוון עור בהיר, ים
فارسیدریامردمان: پوست سفیدافسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, پوست سفید, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی
हिन्दीमत्स्यमानव: गोरी त्वचागोरी त्वचा, जलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव
বাংলামারপার্সেন: হালকা ত্বকের রঙপরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ
Bahasa Indonesiaorang duyung: warna kulit cerahbawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita, warna kulit cerah
Tiếng Việtngười cá: màu da sángchàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, màu da sáng, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích
ไทยครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา: โทนผิวสีขาวครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, โทนผิวสีขาว, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด
日本語人魚: 薄い肌色おとぎ話, サイレン, マーメイド, 人魚, 伝説, 半魚人, 海の生物, 海底, 薄い肌色
한국어인어: 하얀 피부남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 하얀 피부, 해저
中文(简体)人鱼: 较浅肤色三叉戟, 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, 较浅肤色
中文(繁體)人魚:白皮膚三叉戟, 人魚, 傳說, 塞壬, 海中, 海底, 白皮膚, 童話, 美人魚, 龍宮
Names in 99 more languages
Afrikaansmeerpersoon: ligte velkleur
AkanMɛɛnipa: wedeε ani a εda so
Albaniansirenë deti: nuancë lëkure e çelët
Amharicግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
Armenianմարդաձուկ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanidəniz adamı: açıq dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу кешеһе: аҡһыл тән төҫө
Basqueitsas izaki: 1–2. mota
Belarusianрусалкі: светлы тон скуры
Bosniansirena: svijetla boja kože
Bulgarianжена амфибия: светла кожа
Burmeseရေလူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
Canadian Frenchcréature aquatique : peau claire
Cantonese人魚: 淺膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)人鱼: 浅肤色
Catalanpersona sirena: pell molt clara
CherokeeᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvashвутӑш: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
Croatianmorska sirena: svijetla boja kože
Czechmořská bytost: světlý odstín pleti
Danishhavvæsen: lys teint
Estoniannäkk: hele nahatoon
European Portuguesetritão: tipo de pele 1–2
Faroesehavfólk: ljósur húðarlitur
Filipinomerperson: light na kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenväki: vaalea iho
Galicianserea: ton de pel moi claro
Georgianადამიანთევზა: კანის ღია ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરપર્સન: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
Hausaaljanun ruwa: launin fata mai haske
Hindi (Latin)merperson: Fair skin
Hungariansellő: világos bőrtónus
Icelandicsæbúi: ljós húðlitur
Igboonyewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
Irishduine murúch: ton cnis geal
Javaneseduyung: kulit putih
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhтеңіз тұрғыны: 1–2 тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)تەڭىز تۇرعىنى: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerមនុស្សមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស
Kinyarwandamuntusamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
Konkaniमत्स्यव्यक्ती: उजळ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzсууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал): акжуумал
Kʼicheʼkarwinaq: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
Latviancilvēks nāra: gaišs ādas tonis
Liguriantriton: carnaxon ciæa
Lithuanianundinius: šviesios odos
Lower Sorbianwósoba z mórja: swětła barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMierpersoun: hell Hautfaarf
Macedonianморско лице: тип на кожа 1–2
Malaymanusia duyung: ton kulit cerah
Malayalamമത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltesemerperson: ton ċar tal-ġilda
Marathiमरपर्सन: उजळ त्वचा
Mongolianлусын хүн: цайвар
Māoritangata-ika: kiri āhua māmā
Nepaliमत्स्यमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá: Laít Skín Ton
Northern Sothomotho wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
Norwegianhavperson: hudtype 1–2
Odiaମରପର୍ସନ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromonama lo’u: toonii gogaa ifaa
Pashtoمرپرسن: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
Punjabiਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)جل دیو: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuaruna sirena: chuya qara niraq
Romanianpersoană sirenă: ton deschis al pielii
Romanshuman da l’aua: pel clera
Scottish Gaelicneach-mara: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbianособа из мора: светла кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)особа из мора: свијетла кожа
Serbian (Latin)osoba iz mora: svetla koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)osoba iz mora: svijetla koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
Sindhiميل پرسن: گوري رنگت
Sinhalaදියකිඳුරු: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
Slovakmorská bytosť: svetlý tón pleti
Slovenianmorska oseba: svetel ten kože
Somaliqof cajiib ah: jidh fudud
Swahilinguva mtu: ngozi nyeupe
Tajikшахси обӣ: ранги равшани пӯст
Tamilகடல்மனிதன்: வகை 1–2
Teluguజల వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብ ዓሳ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
Tongantokotaha meimeite: kili hinehina
Tswanamotho wa tlhamane: letlalo le lesweu
Turkmensuw adam: açyk deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwosoba z morja: swětła barba kože
Urduپانی کے جاندار: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق ئادەم: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
Uzbeksuv parisi: 1–2-teri turi
Welshmôrberson: arlliw croen golau
Wolofsireen bu nit: xeesaayu der bu woyof
Xhosai-merperson: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
YorubaYemọja ènìyàn: amọ́lára
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ènìyàn: amɔ́lára
Zului-merperson: uhlobo-1-2

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB
HTML
🧜🏻
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FB
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FB}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FB
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BB
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFB
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BB

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 light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧜🏻 and 🧜?

🧜🏻 is the 🧜 merperson emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FB.

How do I type 🧜🏻?

Find 🧜 in your emoji keyboard by searching “merperson”, 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. In HTML you can write 🧜🏻

When was 🧜🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.