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🧜🏻‍♀️U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

Mermaid emoji: light skin tone

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

Unicode name
mermaid: light skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Base emoji
🧜‍♀️ Mermaid

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.

How it looks

🧜🏻‍♀️
Your device
Mermaid emoji: light skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Mermaid emoji: light skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Mermaid 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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

  1. 🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC
  2. 🏻Light skin toneU+1F3FB
  3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
  4. ♀️Female signU+2640 U+FE0F
  5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🧜🏻‍♀️

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolsirena: tono de piel clarosirena, tono de piel claro
Françaissirène : peau clairepeau claire, sirène
DeutschMeerjungfrau: helle Hautfarbehelle Hautfarbe, Meerjungfrau, Nixe, Wasserfrau
Italianosirena donna: carnagione chiaracarnagione chiara, sirena, sirena donna
Portuguêssereia: pele clarapele clara, sereia
Nederlandssirene: lichte huidskleurlichte huidskleur, meermin, sirene
Svenskasjöjungfru: ljus hyljus hy, sjöjungfru, sjörå
Polskikobieta syrena: karnacja jasnakarnacja jasna, kobieta syrena, syrena
Türkçedenizkızı: açık cilt tonuaçık cilt tonu, balık kadın, denizkızı
Русскийженщина-русалка: очень светлый тон кожиженщина, женщина-русалка, очень светлый тон кожи, полурыба, русалка
Українськарусалка: світлий тон шкірижінка-русалка, русалка, світлий тон шкіри
Ελληνικάγυναίκα γοργόνα: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματοςανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γοργόνα, γυναίκα γοργόνα
العربيةحورية بحر: بشرة بلون فاتحبشرة بلون فاتح, حورية بحر, عروسة البحر
עבריתבת הים: גוון עור בהירבת הים, גוון עור בהיר, סירונית
فارسیپری دریایی: پوست سفیدپری دریایی, پوست سفید, دریازن
हिन्दीमत्स्यकन्या: गोरी त्वचागोरी त्वचा, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यस्त्री
বাংলামারমেড: হালকা ত্বকের রঙমারউইমেন, মারমেড, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ
Bahasa Indonesiaputri duyung: warna kulit cerahputri duyung, wanita duyung, warna kulit cerah
Tiếng Việtnàng tiên cá: màu da sángcông chúa cá, màu da sáng, nàng tiên cá
ไทยเงือก: โทนผิวสีขาวเงือก, โทนผิวสีขาว
日本語マーメイド: 薄い肌色マーメイド, 人魚, 女, 女性, 薄い肌色
한국어여자 인어: 하얀 피부동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 하얀 피부, 해저
中文(简体)美人鱼: 较浅肤色女人鱼, 美人鱼, 较浅肤色
中文(繁體)美人魚:白皮膚白皮膚, 美人魚
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaansmeermin: ligte velkleur
AkanMɛɛmeede: wedeε ani a εda so
Albaniangrua sirenë: nuancë lëkure e çelët
Amharicሴት ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
Armenianջրահարս․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যকন্যা: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanisu pərisi: açıq dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу ҡыҙы: аҡһыл тән төҫө
Basquelamina: 1–2. mota
Belarusianрусалка: светлы тон скуры
Bosnianžena sirena: svijetla boja kože
Bulgarianрусалка: светла кожа
Burmeseရေသူမ − အသားဖြူရောင်
Canadian Frenchsirène : peau claire
Cantonese美人魚: 淺膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)美人鱼: 浅肤色
Catalansirena: pell molt clara
CherokeeᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvashвутӑш хӗрарӑм: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
Croatiansirena: svijetla boja kože
Czechmořská panna: světlý odstín pleti
Danishhavfrue: lys teint
Estonianmerineitsi: hele nahatoon
European Portuguesesereia: tipo de pele 1–2
Faroesehavfrúgv: ljósur húðarlitur
Filipinosirena: light na kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenneito: vaalea iho
Galicianserea de sexo feminino: ton de pel moi claro
Georgianქალთევზა: კანის ღია ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરમેઈડ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
Hausaaljanar ruwa: launin fata mai haske
Hindi (Latin)mermaid: Fair skin
Hungariansellőlány: világos bőrtónus
Icelandichafmeyja: ljós húðlitur
Igbomamịwọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
Irishmurúch: ton cnis geal
Javaneseduyung wadon: kulit putih
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಕನ್ಯೆ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhсу перісі: 1–2 тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)سۋ پەرىسى: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerនាងមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស
Kinyarwandamakobwasamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
Konkaniमत्स्यकन्या: उजळ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzрусалка: акжуумал
Kʼicheʼmekar: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoນາງເງືອກ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
Latviannāra: gaišs ādas tonis
Lithuanianundinėlė: šviesios odos
Lower Sorbianmórska kněžna: swětła barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMierjongfra: hell Hautfaarf
Macedonianсирена: тип на кожа 1–2
Malayikan duyung: ton kulit cerah
Malayalamമത്സ്യകന്യക: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
Malteseserena: ton ċar tal-ġilda
Marathiजलपरी: उजळ त्वचा
Mongolianлусын дагина: цайвар
Māorihine-ika: kiri āhua māmā
Nepaliजलपरी: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
Nigerian PidginWúmán Mamíwọtá: Laít Skín Ton
Northern Sothosephedi sa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
Norwegianhavfrue: hudtype 1–2
Odiaମତ୍ସାଗଂନା: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromodubartii lootu: toonii gogaa ifaa
Pashtoمرمیډ: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
Punjabiਜਲਪਰੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)ماہی زن: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuasirena: chuya qara niraq
Romaniansirenă: ton deschis al pielii
Romanshsirena: pel clera
Scottish Gaelicmaighdeann-mhara: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbianсирена: светла кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)сирена: свијетла кожа
Serbian (Latin)sirena: svetla koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)sirena: svijetla koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်မႄႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
Sindhiجل پري: گوري رنگت
Sinhalaදියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
Slovakmorská panna: svetlý tón pleti
Slovenianmorska deklica: svetel ten kože
Somaligabreey-maanyo: jidh fudud
Swahilinguva: ngozi nyeupe
Tajikпарии обӣ: ранги равшани пӯст
Tamilகடல்கன்னி: வகை 1–2
Teluguజలకన్య: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብይቲ ዓሳ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
Tonganfefine meimeite: kili hinehina
Tswanamodiri wa mosadi wa tlhamane: letlalo le lesweu
Turkmensuw gyzy: açyk deri reňki
Upper Sorbianmórska knježna: swětła barba kože
Urduجل پری: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق قىز: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
Uzbekayol suv parisi: 1–2-teri turi
Welshmôr-forwyn: arlliw croen golau
Wolofsireen: xeesaayu der bu woyof
Xhosaintombi-ntlanzi yasentsomini: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
Yorubaiyemọja: amọ́lára
Yoruba (Benin)iyemɔja: amɔ́lára
Zului-mermaid: uhlobo-1-2

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
HTML
🧜🏻‍♀️
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FB\200D\2640\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2640\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFB 200D 2640 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does 🧜🏻‍♀️ 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. 🧜🏻‍♀️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧜🏻‍♀️ and 🧜‍♀️?

🧜🏻‍♀️ is the 🧜‍♀️ mermaid emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧜‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F.

How do I type 🧜🏻‍♀️?

Find 🧜‍♀️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “mermaid”, 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 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜🏻‍♀️

When was 🧜🏻‍♀️ added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.