# 🧜🏽 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.

- Emoji: 🧜🏽
- Unicode name: merperson: medium skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FD
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧜 Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/merperson-medium-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md)
- 🧜🏻 [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-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

## What it's made of

🧜🏽 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. 🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona sirena: tono de piel medio | persona sirena, sirena, tono de piel medio, tritón |
| Français (fr) | créature aquatique : peau légèrement mate | ariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, peau légèrement mate, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton |
| Deutsch (de) | Wassermensch: mittlere Hautfarbe | Märchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, mittlere Hautfarbe, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch |
| Italiano (it) | sirena: carnagione olivastra | carnagione olivastra, creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta |
| Português (pt) | pessoa sereia: pele morena | canto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, pele morena, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente |
| Nederlands (nl) | zeemeermin: getinte huidskleur | drietand, folklore, getinte huidskleur, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | vattenväsen: mellanfärgad hy | mellanfärgad hy, näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen |
| Polski (pl) | syrena: karnacja średnia | bajka, baśń, karnacja średnia, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa |
| Türkçe (tr) | balık insan: orta cilt tonu | balık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, mitoloji, orta cilt tonu, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal |
| Русский (ru) | русалка: средний тон кожи | ариэль, морские существа, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, средний тон кожи, тритон, ундина |
| Українська (uk) | казкова водяна істота: помірний тон шкіри | водяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, помірний тон шкіри, русалка, Сирена, фольклор, чоловік-русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γοργόνα: μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, μεσαίος τόνος δέρματος, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, τρίαινα |
| العربية (ar) | مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون معتدل | أشخاص, بشرة بلون معتدل, 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: גוון עור בינוני | בת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, גוון עור בינוני, ים |
| فارسی (fa) | دریامردمان: پوست طلایی | افسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, پوست طلایی, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यमानव: गेहुँआ त्वचा | गेहुँआ त्वचा, जलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারপার্সেন: মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ | পরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মাঝারি ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang duyung: warna kulit sedang | bawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita, warna kulit sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người cá: màu da trung bình | chàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, màu da trung bình, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích |
| ไทย (th) | ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา: โทนผิวสีเหลือง | ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, โทนผิวสีเหลือง, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 인어: 갈색 피부 | 갈색 피부, 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 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 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meerpersoon: medium velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛnipa: wedeε ani a εda hᴐ kakra
- Albanian (sq): sirenë deti: nuancë lëkure zeshkane
- Amharic (am): ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-4
- Armenian (hy): մարդաձուկ․ միջին գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): dəniz adamı: orta dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу кешеһе: уртаса тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): itsas izaki: bitarteko azal-tonua
- Belarusian (be): русалкі: сярэдні тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): sirena: umjerena boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): жена амфибия: средна на цвят кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလူ − အသားလတ်ရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): créature aquatique : peau légèrement mate
- Cantonese (yue): 人魚: 中膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 人鱼: 中肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sirena: pell morena
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 人魚：中等皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш: сӑран вӑтам тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): morska sirena: maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořská bytost: střední odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havvæsen: medium teint
- Estonian (et): näkk: keskmine nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): tritão: tipo de pele 4
- Faroese (fo): havfólk: miðal húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): merperson: katamtamang kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenväki: tummanvaalea iho
- Galician (gl): serea: ton de pel medio
- Georgian (ka): ადამიანთევზა: კანის საშუალო ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરપર્સન: મધ્યમ ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanun ruwa: madaidaicin launin fata
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): merperson: medium skin
- Hungarian (hu): sellő: közepes bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): sæbúi: millihúðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onyewọta: ọtanjele ahụ ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine murúch: ton cnis meánach
- Javanese (jv): duyung: kulit kuning
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): теңіз тұрғыны: 4-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تەڭىز تۇرعىنى: 4-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស្រអែម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): muntusamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यव्यक्ती: मध्यम कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал): орточо
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): karwinaq: retal ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks nāra: vidējs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): triton: carnaxon cô d’öiva
- Lithuanian (lt): undinius: rusvos odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z mórja: wósrědna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierpersoun: mëttel Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): морско лице: тип на кожа 4
- Malay (ms): manusia duyung: ton kulit sederhana
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ: ചർമ്മത്തിന്റെ നിറം-4
- Maltese (mt): merperson: ton medju tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मरपर्सन: मध्यम त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын хүн: дунд зэргийн
- Māori (mi): tangata-ika: kiri āhua waenga
- Nepali (ne): मत्स्यमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-४
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havperson: hudtype 4
- Odia (or): ମରପର୍ସନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama lo’u: toonii godaa gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرپرسن: غنم رنګه
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ: ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جل دیو: درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa sirena: tunpa qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană sirenă: ton mediu al pielii
- Romansh (rm): uman da l’aua: pel media
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach-mara: tòna meadhanach a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа из мора: ни светла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа из мора: ни свијетла ни тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba iz mora: ni svetla ni tamna koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba iz mora: ni svijetla ni tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ميل پرسن: پڪو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරු: සමෙහි වර්ගය-4
- Slovak (sk): morská bytosť: stredný tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morska oseba: srednji ten kože
- Somali (so): qof cajiib ah: jidh nooc dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva mtu: ngozi ya kahawia
- Tajik (tg): шахси обӣ: ранги миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 4
- Telugu (te): జల వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థ చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha meimeite: kili melomelo
- Tswana (tn): motho wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o o mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw adam: orta deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z morja: srěnja barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پانی کے جاندار: جلد کی درمیانی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق ئادەم: ئارا تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): suv parisi: 4-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): môrberson: arlliw croen canolog
- Wolof (wo): sireen bu nit: xeesaayu der bu yam
- Xhosa (xh): i-merperson: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Yemọja ènìyàn: amọ́láwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yemɔja ènìyàn: amɔ́láwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-merperson: uhlobo-4

## Codes

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

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