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🧜🏿‍♂️U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Merman emoji: dark skin tone

🧜🏿‍♂️ is the merman emoji (🧜‍♂️) with dark skin tone. It's 🧜‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

Unicode name
merman: dark skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Base emoji
🧜‍♂️ Merman

What it means

A man with a fish tail, a sea creature from folklore, sometimes holding a trident. It is often sent for mermen and ocean fantasy, and for swimming, beach or sea-themed posts and costumes.

How it looks

🧜🏿‍♂️
Your device
Merman emoji: dark skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Merman emoji: dark skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Merman emoji: dark 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. 🏿Dark skin toneU+1F3FF
  3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
  4. ♂️Male signU+2642 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 “merman”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “merman”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “merman”, then press and hold it and choose dark skin tone.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “merman”, then pick dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolsirena hombre: tono de piel oscurosirena, sirena hombre, tono de piel oscuro, tritón
Françaistriton : peau foncéepeau foncée, Triton
DeutschWassermann: dunkle Hautfarbedunkle Hautfarbe, Triton, Wassermann
Italianotritone: carnagione scuracarnagione scura, creatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone
Portuguêssereio: pele escurapele escura, sereio, Tritão
Nederlandszeemeerman: donkere huidskleurdonkere huidskleur, Triton, zeemeerman
Svenskaströmkarl: mörk hymörk hy, strömkarl, Triton
Polskimężczyzna syrena: karnacja ciemnakarnacja ciemna, mężczyzna syrena, Tryton
Türkçebalık adam: koyu cilt tonubalık adam, koyu cilt tonu
Русскийтритон: очень темный тон кожимужчина, очень темный тон кожи, полурыба, русалка, тритон
Українськачоловік-русалка: темний тон шкіритемний тон шкіри, Тритон, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνος: σκούρος τόνος δέρματοςγοργόνος, σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, Τρίτων
العربيةمخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون غامقبشرة بلون غامق, مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة
עבריתבן ים: גוון עור כההבן ים, גוון עור כהה, טריטון
فارسیدریامرد: پوست آبنوسیپوست آبنوسی, تریتون, دریامرد
हिन्दीमत्स्यपुरुष: साँवली त्वचाट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष, साँवली त्वचा
বাংলামারম্যান: কালো ত্বকের রঙকালো ত্বকের রঙ, ট্রিটন, মারম্যান
Bahasa Indonesiapria duyung: warna kulit gelappria duyung, Triton, warna kulit gelap
Tiếng Việtchàng tiên cá: màu da tốichàng tiên cá, màu da tối, thần nửa người nửa cá
ไทยเงือกชาย: โทนผิวสีเข้มเงือกชาย, โทนผิวสีเข้ม
日本語マーマン: 濃い肌色マーマン, 人魚, 濃い肌色, 男, 男性
한국어남자 인어: 검은색 피부검은색 피부, 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 해저
中文(简体)男人鱼: 较深肤色特里同, 男人鱼, 较深肤色
中文(繁體)男人魚:黑皮膚男人魚, 黑皮膚
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaansmeerman: donker velkleur
AkanMɛɛbarima: wedeε ani tuntum
Albanianburrë sirenë: nuancë lëkure e errët
Amharicወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-6
Armenianտրիտոն․ մուգ գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যপুৰুষ: ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanidəniz kişisi: tünd dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу ире: ҡара тән төҫө
Basquegizon-itxurako itsas izaki: 6. mota
Belarusianмужчына-русалка: цёмны тон скуры
Bosnianmuškarac sirena: tamna boja kože
Bretonmorgan : krocʼhen teñval
Bulgarianмъж амфибия: тъмна кожа
Burmeseရေသူထီး − အသားမည်းရောင်
Canadian Frenchtriton : peau foncée
Cantonese男美人魚: 深膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)男美人鱼: 深肤色
Catalanhome sirena: pell molt fosca
CherokeeᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvashтритон: сӑран тӗксӗм тонӗ
Croatianmuška sirena: tamno smeđa boja kože
Czechmořský muž: tmavý odstín pleti
Danishhavmand: mørk teint
Estonianmeesnäkk: tume nahatoon
European Portuguesetritão (homem): tipo de pele 6
Faroesehavmaður: myrkur húðarlitur
Filipinolalaking sirena: dark na kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenmies: tumma iho
Galicianserea de sexo masculino: ton de pel moi escuro
Georgianკაცთევზა: კანის მუქი ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરમેન: ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
Hausaaljanin ruwa: launin fata mai duhu
Hindi (Latin)merman: dark skin
Hungarianférfi sellő: sötét bőrtónus
Icelandicmarbendill: dökkur húðlitur
Igbonwokewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji
Irishmurúch fir: ton cnis dorcha
Javaneseduyung lanang: kulit ireng
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ: ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhқұйрықты: 6-тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)قۇيرىقتى: 6-تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerប្រុសមច្ឆា: សម្បុរខ្មៅ
Kinyarwandamugabosamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwirabura
Konkaniमत्स्यदादलो: गाढ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzэркек русалка: кара
Kʼicheʼkarixoq: q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoເງືອກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳ
Latin American Spanishsireno: tono de piel oscuro
Latvianvīrietis nāra: tumšs ādas tonis
Lithuanianvandenis/undinius: itin tamsios odos
Lower Sorbiannykus: śamna barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMiermann: däischter Hautfaarf
Macedonianмаж сирена: тип на кожа 6
Malayduyung jantan: ton kulit gelap
Malayalamമത്സ്യനരൻ: ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltesemerman: ton skur tal-ġilda
Marathiमरमॅन: काळसर त्वचा
Mongolianлусын хаан: бор
Māoritāne-ika: kiri āhua parauri
Nepaliमत्स्यछोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-६
Nigerian PidginMán Mamíwọtá: Dák Skín Ton
Northern Sothomonna wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana
Norwegianhavmann: hudtype 6
Odiaମରମ୍ୟାନ୍: ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromodhiira lo’u: toonii gogaa gurraachaa
Pashtoمرمین: تور پوستکۍ
Punjabiਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)جل مانس: کالی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuatata triton: yana qara niraq
Romanianbărbat sirenă: ton închis al pielii
Romanshum da l’aua: pel stgira
Scottish Gaelicduine-mara: tòna doilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbianмушкарац из мора: тамна кожа
Serbian (Latin)muškarac iz mora: tamna koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်
Sindhiجل مانس: ڪارو رنگ
Sinhalaපිරිමි දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-6
Slovakmorský muž: tmavý tón pleti
Slovenianmorski mož: temen ten kože
Somaliwiilo-maanyo: jidh madaw
Swahilinguva dume: ngozi nyeusi
Tajikмарди обӣ: ранги торики пӯст
Tamilஆண் கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 6
Teluguజలపురుషుడు: ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብኣይ ዓሳ፦ ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
Tongantangata meimeite: kili ʻuliʻuli
Tswanamonna wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala o montsho
Turkmensuw erkegi: goýy deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwódny muž: ćmowa barba kože
Urduجل مانس: جلد کی سیاہ رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق ئەر: توق تېرە رەڭ
Uzbektriton: 6-teri turi
Welshmorwas: arlliw croen tywyll
Wolofsireen bu góor: xeesaayu der bu ñuul
Xhosai-merman: ithoni yesikhumba emnyama
YorubaYemọja ọkùnrin: adúláwọ̀
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ɔkùnrin: adúláwɔ̀
Zului-merman: uhlobo-6

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML
🧜🏿‍♂️
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FF\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FF}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FF\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BF E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFF 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BF%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does 🧜🏿‍♂️ mean?

A man with a fish tail, a sea creature from folklore, sometimes holding a trident. It is often sent for mermen and ocean fantasy, and for swimming, beach or sea-themed posts and costumes. 🧜🏿‍♂️ shows it with dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

What is the difference between 🧜🏿‍♂️ and 🧜‍♂️?

🧜🏿‍♂️ is the 🧜‍♂️ merman emoji with dark skin tone. It's 🧜‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

How do I type 🧜🏿‍♂️?

Find 🧜‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “merman”, then press and hold it and choose dark 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+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜🏿‍♂️

When was 🧜🏿‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.