# 🧜‍♀️ Mermaid emoji

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid 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, merwoman, ocean and sea.

- Emoji: 🧜‍♀️
- Unicode name: mermaid
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :mermaid:
- Keywords: creature, fairytale, folklore, mermaid, merwoman, ocean, sea, siren, trident
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji

## What it means

Shows a woman with a fish tail instead of legs, the legendary creature of the sea. Expect it for mermaids, fairy tales and ocean fantasy, swimming, beach and summer posts, and saying someone is at home in the water.

## Skin tones

- 🧜🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🧜🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧜‍♀️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧜‍♀️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “mermaid”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “mermaid”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “mermaid”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “mermaid”.
- GitHub: Type :mermaid: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | sirena | sirena |
| Français (fr) | sirène | sirène |
| Deutsch (de) | Meerjungfrau | Meerjungfrau, Nixe, Wasserfrau |
| Italiano (it) | sirena donna | sirena, sirena donna |
| Português (pt) | sereia | sereia |
| Nederlands (nl) | sirene | meermin, sirene |
| Svenska (sv) | sjöjungfru | sjöjungfru, sjörå |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta syrena | kobieta syrena, syrena |
| Türkçe (tr) | denizkızı | balık kadın, denizkızı |
| Русский (ru) | женщина-русалка | женщина, женщина-русалка, полурыба, русалка |
| Українська (uk) | русалка | жінка-русалка, русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα γοργόνα | γοργόνα, γυναίκα γοργόνα |
| العربية (ar) | حورية بحر | حورية بحر, عروسة البحر |
| עברית (he) | בת הים | בת הים, סירונית |
| فارسی (fa) | پری دریایی | پری دریایی, دریازن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यकन्या | मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यस्त्री |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারমেড | মারউইমেন, মারমেড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | putri duyung | putri duyung, wanita duyung |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nàng tiên cá | công chúa cá, nàng tiên cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือก | เงือก |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーメイド | マーメイド, 人魚, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 여자 인어 | 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 美人鱼 | 女人鱼, 美人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 美人魚 | 美人魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meermin
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛmeede
- Albanian (sq): grua sirenë
- Amharic (am): ሴት ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ
- Armenian (hy): ջրահարս
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যকন্যা
- Azerbaijani (az): su pərisi
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ҡыҙы
- Basque (eu): lamina
- Belarusian (be): русалка
- Bosnian (bs): žena sirena
- Breton (br): morganez
- Bulgarian (bg): русалка
- Burmese (my): ရေသူမ
- Cantonese (yue): 美人魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 美人鱼
- Catalan (ca): sirena
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш хӗрарӑм
- Croatian (hr): sirena
- Czech (cs): mořská panna
- Danish (da): havfrue
- Estonian (et): merineitsi
- Faroese (fo): havfrúgv
- Filipino (fil): sirena
- Finnish (fi): merenneito
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo feminino
- Georgian (ka): ქალთევზა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેઈડ
- Hausa (ha): aljanar ruwa
- Hungarian (hu): sellőlány
- Icelandic (is): hafmeyja
- Igbo (ig): mamịwọta
- Irish (ga): murúch
- Javanese (jv): duyung wadon
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಕನ್ಯೆ
- Kazakh (kk): су перісі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋ پەرىسى
- Khmer (km): នាងមច្ឆា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): makobwasamaki
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यकन्या
- Kyrgyz (ky): русалка
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): mekar
- Lao (lo): ນາງເງືອກ
- Latvian (lv): nāra
- Lithuanian (lt): undinėlė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mórska kněžna
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierjongfra
- Macedonian (mk): сирена
- Malay (ms): ikan duyung
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യകന്യക
- Maltese (mt): serena
- Marathi (mr): जलपरी
- Mongolian (mn): лусын дагина
- Māori (mi): hine-ika
- Nepali (ne): जलपरी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúmán Mamíwọtá
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephedi sa ka meetseng
- Norwegian (no): havfrue
- Odia (or): ମତ୍ସାଗଂନା
- Oromo (om): dubartii lootu
- Pashto (ps): مرمیډ
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲਪਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ماہی زن
- Quechua (qu): sirena
- Romanian (ro): sirenă
- Romansh (rm): sirena
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): maighdeann-mhara
- Serbian (sr): сирена
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sirena
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်မႄႈ
- Sindhi (sd): جل پري
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරා
- Slovak (sk): morská panna
- Slovenian (sl): morska deklica
- Somali (so): gabreey-maanyo
- Swahili (sw): nguva
- Tajik (tg): парии обӣ
- Tamil (ta): கடல்கன்னி
- Telugu (te): జలకన్య
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብይቲ ዓሳ
- Tongan (to): fefine meimeite
- Tswana (tn): modiri wa mosadi wa tlhamane
- Turkmen (tk): suw gyzy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mórska knježna
- Urdu (ur): جل پری
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق قىز
- Uzbek (uz): ayol suv parisi
- Welsh (cy): môr-forwyn
- Wolof (wo): sireen
- Xhosa (xh): intombi-ntlanzi yasentsomini
- Yoruba (yo): iyemọja
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): iyemɔja
- Zulu (zu): i-mermaid

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧜‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧜‍♀️ mermaid emoji mean?

Shows a woman with a fish tail instead of legs, the legendary creature of the sea. Expect it for mermaids, fairy tales and ocean fantasy, swimming, beach and summer posts, and saying someone is at home in the water.

### How do I type the 🧜‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “mermaid”. 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 :mermaid:.

### When was the 🧜‍♀️ emoji added?

🧜‍♀️ was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧜‍♀️?

U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

### 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/mermaid-emoji