# 🦱 Curly hair emoji

🦱 Curly hair is a component. On its own it shows as a swatch; phones combine it with other emoji to set their hair style. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: afro and ringlets.

- Emoji: 🦱
- Unicode name: curly hair
- Code points: U+1F9B1
- Category: Components, Hair styles
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- Keywords: afro, curly, hair, ringlets
- Page: https://emojichart.com/curly-hair-emoji

## What it means

A mass of curly hair, used as a building block for other emoji. Combined with a person emoji, it shows that person with curly hair, and on its own it refers to curls, ringlets or afro-textured hair.

## Emoji that include 🦱

- 👨‍🦱 [Man: curly hair](https://emojichart.com/man-curly-hair-emoji.md)
- 👩‍🦱 [Woman: curly hair](https://emojichart.com/woman-curly-hair-emoji.md)
- 🧑‍🦱 [Person: curly hair](https://emojichart.com/person-curly-hair-emoji.md)

## How to type 🦱

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “curly hair”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “curly hair”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “curly hair”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “curly hair”.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pelo rizado | afro, bucle, pelo rizado, rizado, rizo, tirabuzón |
| Français (fr) | cheveux bouclés | afro, boucles, bouclés, cheveux bouclés |
| Deutsch (de) | lockiges Haar | Afro, Lockenkopf, lockig, lockiges Haar |
| Italiano (it) | capelli ricci | afro, boccoli, capelli ricci, ricci |
| Português (pt) | cabelo cacheado | afro, cabelo, cacheado, encaracolado |
| Nederlands (nl) | krullend haar | afro, krulhaar, krullen, krullend haar |
| Svenska (sv) | lockigt hår | afrohår, korkskruvar, lockar, lockigt hår |
| Polski (pl) | kręcone włosy | afro, kędzierzawe, kędzierzawy, kręcone, kręcone włosy |
| Türkçe (tr) | kıvırcık saç | afro, kıvırcık, kıvırcık saç, lüle |
| Русский (ru) | кудрявые волосы | афро, кудри, кудрявые волосы, кудрявый, химическая завивка, химия |
| Українська (uk) | кучеряве волосся | афро, волосся, кудрі, кучері, кучеряве волосся, кучерявий |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σγουρά μαλλιά | άφρο, μπούκλες, σγουρά, σγουρά μαλλιά |
| العربية (ar) | شعر مجعد | أفريقي, جدائل, شعر مجعد, مجعد |
| עברית (he) | שיער מתולתל | אפרו, מתולתל, שיער מתולתל, תלתלים |
| فارسی (fa) | موفرفری | تابدار, فرفری, مجعد, موفرفری, موی فرفری, موی مجعد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | घुँघराले बाल | अफ़्रीकी, घुँघराला, घुँघराले बाल, बालों की लट |
| বাংলা (bn) | কোঁকড়া চুল | আফ্রো, কুঞ্চিত, কোঁকড়া, কোঁকড়া চুল |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | rambut keriting | afro, ikal, keriting, rambut keriting |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tóc xoăn | quăn, tóc xoăn, xoăn, xù |
| ไทย (th) | ผมหยิก | ผมลอน, ผมหยิก, หยิก, แอฟโฟร |
| 日本語 (ja) | 巻き毛 | アフロ, カール, くせ毛, パンチパーマ, 巻き毛 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 곱슬머리 | 고수머리, 곱슬머리, 아프로 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 卷发 | 卷发, 蓬松发, 鬈发 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 卷髮 | 卷髮, 圓蓬, 捲髮, 長捲髮 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): krulhare
- Akan (ak): enwi a akyinkyim
- Albanian (sq): flokë kaçurrele
- Amharic (am): የተጠቀለለ ጸጉር
- Anii (blo): aŋʊrʊ ɩpǝlǝpǝlǝka
- Armenian (hy): գանգրահեր
- Assamese (as): কেঁকোৰা চুলি
- Azerbaijani (az): buruq saç
- Bashkir (ba): бөҙрә сәс
- Basque (eu): ile kizkur
- Belarusian (be): курчавыя валасы
- Bosnian (bs): kovrdžava kosa
- Breton (br): blev rodellek
- Bulgarian (bg): къдрава коса
- Burmese (my): ဆံပင်ကောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 曲髮
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 曲发
- Catalan (ca): cabells arrissats
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᎵᏥᏍᏆᏁᏓ ᎤᏍᏘᎦ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 曲髮
- Chuvash (cv): явӑнчӑк ҫӳҫ
- Croatian (hr): kovrčava kosa
- Czech (cs): kudrnaté vlasy
- Danish (da): krøllet hår
- Estonian (et): lokkis juuksed
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cabelo encaracolado
- Faroese (fo): purlut hár
- Filipino (fil): kulot na buhok
- Finnish (fi): kiharatukkainen
- Galician (gl): pelo rizado
- Georgian (ka): ხვეული თმა
- Gujarati (gu): વાંકડિયા વાળ
- Hausa (ha): gashi mai laushi
- Hungarian (hu): göndör haj
- Icelandic (is): krullur
- Igbo (ig): ntutu isi gbakọrọ agbakọ
- Interlingua (ia): capillos crispe
- Irish (ga): gruaig chatach
- Javanese (jv): rambut brintik
- Kannada (kn): ಗುಂಗುರು ಕೂದಲು
- Kazakh (kk): бұйра шаш
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بۇيرا شاش
- Khmer (km): សក់ក្រញាញ់
- Konkani (kok): कुरळे मुदयाळें केंस
- Kyrgyz (ky): тармал чач
- Lao (lo): ຜົມກູດ
- Latvian (lv): sprogaini mati
- Lithuanian (lt): garbanoti plaukai
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kuźerate włosy
- Macedonian (mk): кадрава коса
- Malay (ms): rambut kerinting
- Malayalam (ml): ചുരുണ്ട മുടി
- Marathi (mr): कुरळे केस
- Mongolian (mn): буржгар үс
- Nepali (ne): घुम्रेको कपाल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kọ́lí Hea
- Norwegian (no): kruset hår
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): krusete hår
- Odia (or): କୁଞ୍ଚିତ କେଶ
- Oromo (om): rifeensa luuccaa
- Pashto (ps): لوپه ويښتان
- Punjabi (pa): ਘੁੰਗਰਾਲੇ ਵਾਲ
- Quechua (qu): qaspa chukcha
- Romanian (ro): păr creț
- Romansh (rm): chavels ritschads
- Sardinian (sc): pilos aneddados
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): falt dualach
- Serbian (sr): коврџава коса
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kovrdžava kosa
- Shan (shn): ၶူၼ်​ႁူဝ်ငေႃး
- Sindhi (sd): گهنگرالو وار
- Sinhala (si): රොද සහිත කොණ්ඩය
- Slovak (sk): kučeravé vlasy
- Slovenian (sl): kodrasti lasje
- Somali (so): timo walaaqan
- Swahili (sw): nywele yenye mawimbi
- Tamil (ta): சுருட்டை முடி
- Telugu (te): ఉంగరాల జుట్టు
- Tigrinya (ti): ቁርጽራጽ ጸጉሪ
- Tongan (to): ʻulu mingimingi
- Turkmen (tk): buýra saç
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kudźerjate włosy
- Urdu (ur): گھنگھریالے بال
- Uzbek (uz): jingalak soch
- Welsh (cy): gwallt cyrliog
- Yoruba (yo): irun rírọ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): irun rírɔ̀
- Zulu (zu): curly hair

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9B1` |
| HTML | `🦱` |
| CSS | `\1F9B1` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9B1}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9B1` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 B1` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDB1` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%B1` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦱 curly hair emoji mean?

A mass of curly hair, used as a building block for other emoji. Combined with a person emoji, it shows that person with curly hair, and on its own it refers to curls, ringlets or afro-textured hair.

### How do I type the 🦱 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “curly hair”. 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.

### When was the 🦱 emoji added?

🦱 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦱?

U+1F9B1. In HTML you can write 🦱, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9B1}.

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