# 🧜🏼‍♀️ Mermaid emoji: medium-light skin tone

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

- Emoji: 🧜🏼‍♀️
- Unicode name: mermaid: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧜‍♀️ Mermaid](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mermaid-medium-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🧜‍♀️ [Mermaid](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-emoji.md)
- 🧜🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/mermaid-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FB 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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
5. 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”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “mermaid”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “mermaid”, then pick medium-light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | sirena: tono de piel claro medio | sirena, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | sirène : peau moyennement claire | peau moyennement claire, sirène |
| Deutsch (de) | Meerjungfrau: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Meerjungfrau, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Nixe, Wasserfrau |
| Italiano (it) | sirena donna: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, sirena, sirena donna |
| Português (pt) | sereia: pele morena clara | pele morena clara, sereia |
| Nederlands (nl) | sirene: lichtgetinte huidskleur | lichtgetinte huidskleur, meermin, sirene |
| Svenska (sv) | sjöjungfru: mellanljus hy | mellanljus hy, sjöjungfru, sjörå |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta syrena: karnacja średnio jasna | karnacja średnio jasna, kobieta syrena, syrena |
| Türkçe (tr) | denizkızı: orta açık cilt tonu | balık kadın, denizkızı, orta açık cilt tonu |
| Русский (ru) | женщина-русалка: светлый тон кожи | женщина, женщина-русалка, полурыба, русалка, светлый тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | русалка: помірно світлий тон шкіри | жінка-русалка, помірно світлий тон шкіри, русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα γοργόνα: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνα, γυναίκα γοργόνα, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος |
| العربية (ar) | حورية بحر: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, حورية بحر, عروسة البحر |
| עברית (he) | בת הים: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | בת הים, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, סירונית |
| فارسی (fa) | پری دریایی: پوست روشن | پری دریایی, پوست روشن, دریازن |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यकन्या: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यस्त्री, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারমেড: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারমেড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | putri duyung: warna kulit cerah-sedang | putri duyung, wanita duyung, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nàng tiên cá: màu da sáng trung bình | công chúa cá, màu da sáng trung bình, nàng tiên cá |
| ไทย (th) | เงือก: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | เงือก, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง |
| 日本語 (ja) | マーメイド: やや薄い肌色 | マーメイド, やや薄い肌色, 人魚, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 여자 인어: 연한 갈색 피부 | 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 연한 갈색 피부, 인어, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 美人鱼: 中等-浅肤色 | 中等-浅肤色, 女人鱼, 美人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 美人魚：黃皮膚 | 美人魚, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meermin: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛmeede: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): grua sirenë: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ሴት ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): ջրահարս․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যকন্যা: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): su pərisi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу ҡыҙы: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): lamina: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): русалка: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): žena sirena: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): русалка: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေသူမ − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): sirène : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 美人魚: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 美人鱼: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): sirena: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш хӗрарӑм: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): sirena: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořská panna: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havfrue: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): merineitsi: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): sereia: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): havfrúgv: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): sirena: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenneito: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): serea de sexo feminino: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): ქალთევზა: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરમેઈડ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanar ruwa: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): mermaid: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): sellőlány: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): hafmeyja: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): mamịwọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): murúch: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): duyung wadon: kulit putih langsep
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಕನ್ಯೆ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): су перісі: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋ پەرىسى: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): នាងមច្ឆា: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): makobwasamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यकन्या: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): русалка: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): mekar: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ນາງເງືອກ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): nāra: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Lithuanian (lt): undinėlė: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mórska kněžna: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierjongfra: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): сирена: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): ikan duyung: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യകന്യക: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): serena: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): जलपरी: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын дагина: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): hine-ika: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): जलपरी: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúmán Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): sephedi sa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havfrue: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ମତ୍ସାଗଂନା: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dubartii lootu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرمیډ: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲਪਰੀ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ماہی زن: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): sirena: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): sirenă: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): sirena: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): maighdeann-mhara: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): сирена: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): сирена: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): sirena: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): sirena: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်မႄႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): جل پري: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): morská panna: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morska deklica: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): gabreey-maanyo: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): парии обӣ: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கடல்கன்னி: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): జలకన్య: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብይቲ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): fefine meimeite: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): modiri wa mosadi wa tlhamane: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw gyzy: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mórska knježna: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جل پری: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق قىز: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ayol suv parisi: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): môr-forwyn: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): sireen: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): intombi-ntlanzi yasentsomini: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): iyemọja: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): iyemɔja: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-mermaid: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧜🏼‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\1F3FC\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC D83C DFFC 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BC%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 medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧜🏼‍♀️ and 🧜‍♀️?

🧜🏼‍♀️ is the 🧜‍♀️ mermaid emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🧜‍♀️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FC 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 medium-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+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. 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/mermaid-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji