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🧜🏽U+1F9DC U+1F3FD

Merperson emoji: medium skin tone

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

Unicode name
merperson: medium skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FD
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: medium skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Merperson emoji: medium skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Merperson emoji: medium 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. 🏽Medium skin toneU+1F3FD

How to type 🧜🏽

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona sirena: tono de piel mediopersona sirena, sirena, tono de piel medio, tritón
Françaiscréature aquatique : peau légèrement mateariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, peau légèrement mate, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton
DeutschWassermensch: mittlere HautfarbeMärchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, mittlere Hautfarbe, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch
Italianosirena: carnagione olivastracarnagione olivastra, creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta
Portuguêspessoa sereia: pele morenacanto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, pele morena, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente
Nederlandszeemeermin: getinte huidskleurdrietand, folklore, getinte huidskleur, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee
Svenskavattenväsen: mellanfärgad hymellanfärgad hy, näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen
Polskisyrena: karnacja średniabajka, baśń, karnacja średnia, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa
Türkçebalık insan: orta cilt tonubalık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, mitoloji, orta cilt tonu, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal
Русскийрусалка: средний тон кожиариэль, морские существа, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, средний тон кожи, тритон, ундина
Українськаказкова водяна істота: помірний тон шкіриводяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, помірний тон шкіри, русалка, Сирена, фольклор, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνα: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματοςγοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, τρίαινα
العربيةمخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون معتدلأشخاص, بشرة بلون معتدل, 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 בינוניבת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, גוון עור בינוני, ים
فارسیدریامردمان: پوست طلاییافسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, پوست طلایی, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی
हिन्दीमत्स्यमानव: गेहुँआ त्वचागेहुँआ त्वचा, जलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव
বাংলামারপার্সেন: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙপরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী
Bahasa Indonesiaorang duyung: warna kulit sedangbawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita, warna kulit sedang
Tiếng Việtngười cá: màu da trung bìnhchàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, màu da trung bình, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích
ไทยครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา: โทนผิวสีเหลืองครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด
日本語人魚: 中間の肌色おとぎ話, サイレン, マーメイド, 中間の肌色, 人魚, 伝説, 半魚人, 海の生物, 海底
한국어인어: 갈색 피부갈색 피부, 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저
中文(简体)人鱼: 中等肤色三叉戟, 中等肤色, 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:淺褐皮膚三叉戟, 人魚, 傳說, 塞壬, 海中, 海底, 淺褐皮膚, 童話, 美人魚, 龍宮
Names in 100 more languages
Afrikaansmeerpersoon: medium velkleur
AkanMɛɛnipa: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
Albaniansirenë deti: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
Amharicግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
Armenianմարդաձուկ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanidəniz adamı: orta dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу кешеһе: уртаса тән төҫө
Basqueitsas izaki: bitarteko azal-tonua
Belarusianрусалкі: сярэдні тон скуры
Bosniansirena: umjerena boja kože
Bulgarianжена амфибия: средна на цвят кожа
Burmeseရေလူ − အသားလတ်ရောင်
Canadian Frenchcréature aquatique : peau légèrement mate
Cantonese人魚: 中膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)人鱼: 中肤色
Catalanpersona sirena: pell morena
CherokeeᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)人魚:中等皮膚
Chuvashвутӑш: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
Croatianmorska sirena: maslinasta boja kože
Czechmořská bytost: střední odstín pleti
Danishhavvæsen: medium teint
Estoniannäkk: keskmine nahatoon
European Portuguesetritão: tipo de pele 4
Faroesehavfólk: miðal húðarlitur
Filipinomerperson: katamtamang kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenväki: tummanvaalea iho
Galicianserea: ton de pel medio
Georgianადამიანთევზა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરપર્સન: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausaaljanun ruwa: madaidaicin launin fata
Hindi (Latin)merperson: medium skin
Hungariansellő: közepes bőrtónus
Icelandicsæbúi: millihúðlitur
Igboonyewọta: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
Irishduine murúch: ton cnis meánach
Javaneseduyung: kulit kuning
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhтеңіз тұрғыны: 4-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)تەڭىز تۇرعىنى: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerមនុស្សមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
Kinyarwandamuntusamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
Konkaniमत्स्यव्यक्ती: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzсууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал): орточо
Kʼicheʼkarwinaq: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
Latviancilvēks nāra: vidējs ādas tonis
Liguriantriton: carnaxon cô d’öiva
Lithuanianundinius: rusvos odos
Lower Sorbianwósoba z mórja: wósrědna barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMierpersoun: mëttel Hautfaarf
Macedonianморско лице: тип на кожа 4
Malaymanusia duyung: ton kulit sederhana
Malayalamമത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
Maltesemerperson: ton medju tal-ġilda
Marathiमरपर्सन: मध्यम त्वचा
Mongolianлусын хүн: дунд зэргийн
Māoritangata-ika: kiri āhua waenga
Nepaliमत्स्यमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
Northern Sothomotho wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
Norwegianhavperson: hudtype 4
Odiaମରପର୍ସନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromonama lo’u: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
Pashtoمرپرسن: غنم رنګه
Punjabiਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)جل دیو: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuaruna sirena: tunpa qara niraq
Romanianpersoană sirenă: ton mediu al pielii
Romanshuman da l’aua: pel media
Scottish Gaelicneach-mara: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
Serbianособа из мора: ни светла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)особа из мора: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)osoba iz mora: ni svetla ni tamna koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)osoba iz mora: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
Sindhiميل پرسن: پڪو رنگ
Sinhalaදියකිඳුරු: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
Slovakmorská bytosť: stredný tón pleti
Slovenianmorska oseba: srednji ten kože
Somaliqof cajiib ah: jidh nooc dhexe
Swahilinguva mtu: ngozi ya kahawia
Tajikшахси обӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст
Tamilகடல்மனிதன்: வகை 4
Teluguజల వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
Tongantokotaha meimeite: kili melomelo
Tswanamotho wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
Turkmensuw adam: orta deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwosoba z morja: srěnja barba kože
Urduپانی کے جاندار: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق ئادەم: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
Uzbeksuv parisi: 4-teri turi
Welshmôrberson: arlliw croen canolog
Wolofsireen bu nit: xeesaayu der bu yam
Xhosai-merperson: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
YorubaYemọja ènìyàn: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ènìyàn: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
Zului-merperson: uhlobo-4

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FD
HTML
🧜🏽
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FD
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FD}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FD
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BD
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFD
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BD

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 medium skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧜🏽 and 🧜?

🧜🏽 is the 🧜 merperson emoji with medium skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FD.

How do I type 🧜🏽?

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

When was 🧜🏽 added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.