Emoji Chart
🧜🏻‍♂️U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Merman emoji: light skin tone

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

Unicode name
merman: light skin tone
Category
People & body, Fantasy people
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB 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: light skin tone, as drawn in Noto Color Emoji by Google
Noto Color Emoji
Merman emoji: light skin tone, as drawn in Twemoji by Twitter, Inc. and other contributors
Twemoji
Merman 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. ♂️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 light skin tone.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “merman”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “merman”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “merman”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolsirena hombre: tono de piel clarosirena, sirena hombre, tono de piel claro, tritón
Françaistriton : peau clairepeau claire, Triton
DeutschWassermann: helle Hautfarbehelle Hautfarbe, Triton, Wassermann
Italianotritone: carnagione chiaracarnagione chiara, creatura, fiaba, mare, mitologia, Nettuno, oceano, Poseidone, tridente, tritone
Portuguêssereio: pele clarapele clara, sereio, Tritão
Nederlandszeemeerman: lichte huidskleurlichte huidskleur, Triton, zeemeerman
Svenskaströmkarl: ljus hyljus hy, strömkarl, Triton
Polskimężczyzna syrena: karnacja jasnakarnacja jasna, mężczyzna syrena, Tryton
Türkçebalık adam: açık cilt tonuaçık cilt tonu, balık adam
Русскийтритон: очень светлый тон кожимужчина, очень светлый тон кожи, полурыба, русалка, тритон
Українськачоловік-русалка: світлий тон шкірисвітлий тон шкіри, Тритон, чоловік-русалка
Ελληνικάγοργόνος: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματοςανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, γοργόνος, Τρίτων
العربيةمخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون فاتحبشرة بلون فاتح, مخلوق له جسد رجل وذيل سمكة
עבריתבן ים: גוון עור בהירבן ים, גוון עור בהיר, טריטון
فارسیدریامرد: پوست سفیدپوست سفید, تریتون, دریامرد
हिन्दीमत्स्यपुरुष: गोरी त्वचागोरी त्वचा, ट्राइटन, मत्स्यपुरुष
বাংলামারম্যান: হালকা ত্বকের রঙট্রিটন, মারম্যান, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ
Bahasa Indonesiapria duyung: warna kulit cerahpria duyung, Triton, warna kulit cerah
Tiếng Việtchàng tiên cá: màu da sángchàng tiên cá, màu da sáng, thần nửa người nửa cá
ไทยเงือกชาย: โทนผิวสีขาวเงือกชาย, โทนผิวสีขาว
日本語マーマン: 薄い肌色マーマン, 人魚, 男, 男性, 薄い肌色
한국어남자 인어: 하얀 피부남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 인어, 하얀 피부, 해저
中文(简体)男人鱼: 较浅肤色特里同, 男人鱼, 较浅肤色
中文(繁體)男人魚:白皮膚男人魚, 白皮膚
Names in 99 more languages
Afrikaansmeerman: ligte velkleur
AkanMɛɛbarima: wedeε ani a εda so
Albanianburrë sirenë: nuancë lëkure e çelët
Amharicወንድ ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
Armenianտրիտոն․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
Assameseমৎস্যপুৰুষ: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
Azerbaijanidəniz kişisi: açıq dəri tonu
Bashkirһыу ире: аҡһыл тән төҫө
Basquegizon-itxurako itsas izaki: 1–2. mota
Belarusianмужчына-русалка: светлы тон скуры
Bosnianmuškarac sirena: svijetla boja kože
Bulgarianмъж амфибия: светла кожа
Burmeseရေသူထီး − အသားဖြူရောင်
Canadian Frenchtriton : peau claire
Cantonese男美人魚: 淺膚色
Cantonese (Simplified)男美人鱼: 浅肤色
Catalanhome sirena: pell molt clara
CherokeeᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
Chuvashтритон: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
Croatianmuška sirena: svijetla boja kože
Czechmořský muž: světlý odstín pleti
Danishhavmand: lys teint
Estonianmeesnäkk: hele nahatoon
European Portuguesetritão (homem): tipo de pele 1–2
Faroesehavmaður: ljósur húðarlitur
Filipinolalaking sirena: light na kulay ng balat
Finnishmerenmies: vaalea iho
Galicianserea de sexo masculino: ton de pel moi claro
Georgianკაცთევზა: კანის ღია ტონალობა
Gujaratiમરમેન: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
Hausaaljanin ruwa: launin fata mai haske
Hindi (Latin)merman: Fair skin
Hungarianférfi sellő: világos bőrtónus
Icelandicmarbendill: ljós húðlitur
Igbonwokewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
Irishmurúch fir: ton cnis geal
Javaneseduyung lanang: kulit putih
Kannadaಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಪುರುಷ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
Kazakhқұйрықты: 1–2 тері түсі
Kazakh (Arabic)قۇيرىقتى: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
Khmerប្រុសមច្ឆា: សម្បុរស
Kinyarwandamugabosamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
Konkaniमत्स्यदादलो: उजळ कातीचो रंग
Kyrgyzэркек русалка: акжуумал
Kʼicheʼkarixoq: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
Laoເງືອກຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
Latin American Spanishsireno: tono de piel claro
Latvianvīrietis nāra: gaišs ādas tonis
Lithuanianvandenis/undinius: šviesios odos
Lower Sorbiannykus: swětła barwa kóže
LuxembourgishMiermann: hell Hautfaarf
Macedonianмаж сирена: тип на кожа 1–2
Malayduyung jantan: ton kulit cerah
Malayalamമത്സ്യനരൻ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
Maltesemerman: ton ċar tal-ġilda
Marathiमरमॅन: उजळ त्वचा
Mongolianлусын хаан: цайвар
Māoritāne-ika: kiri āhua māmā
Nepaliमत्स्यछोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
Nigerian PidginMán Mamíwọtá: Laít Skín Ton
Northern Sothomonna wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
Norwegianhavmann: hudtype 1–2
Odiaମରମ୍ୟାନ୍: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
Oromodhiira lo’u: toonii gogaa ifaa
Pashtoمرمین: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
Punjabiਜਲ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)جل مانس: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
Quechuatata triton: chuya qara niraq
Romanianbărbat sirenă: ton deschis al pielii
Romanshum da l’aua: pel clera
Scottish Gaelicduine-mara: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
Serbianмушкарац из мора: светла кожа
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)мушкарац из мора: свијетла кожа
Serbian (Latin)muškarac iz mora: svetla koža
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)muškarac iz mora: svijetla koža
Shanၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈတူဝ်ပေႃႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
Sindhiجل مانس: گوري رنگت
Sinhalaපිරිමි දියකිඳුරා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
Slovakmorský muž: svetlý tón pleti
Slovenianmorski mož: svetel ten kože
Somaliwiilo-maanyo: jidh fudud
Swahilinguva dume: ngozi nyeupe
Tajikмарди обӣ: ранги равшани пӯст
Tamilஆண் கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 1–2
Teluguజలపురుషుడు: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
Tigrinyaሰብኣይ ዓሳ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
Tongantangata meimeite: kili hinehina
Tswanamonna wa tlhamane: letlalo le lesweu
Turkmensuw erkegi: açyk deri reňki
Upper Sorbianwódny muž: swětła barba kože
Urduجل مانس: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
Uyghurبېلىق ئەر: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
Uzbektriton: 1–2-teri turi
Welshmorwas: arlliw croen golau
Wolofsireen bu góor: xeesaayu der bu woyof
Xhosai-merman: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
YorubaYemọja ọkùnrin: amọ́lára
Yoruba (Benin)Yemɔja ɔkùnrin: amɔ́lára
Zului-merman: uhlobo-1-2

Codes

Code points
U+1F9DC U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML
🧜🏻‍♂️
CSS
\1F9DC\1F3FB\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83E DDDC D83C DFFB 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BB%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 light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🧜🏻‍♂️ is the 🧜‍♂️ merman 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+2642 U+FE0F.

How do I type 🧜🏻‍♂️?

Find 🧜‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “merman”, 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+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧜🏻‍♂️

When was 🧜🏻‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.