# 🧜🏾 Merperson emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🧜🏾 is the merperson emoji (🧜) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

- Emoji: 🧜🏾
- Unicode name: merperson: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9DC U+1F3FE
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Base emoji: [🧜 Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/merperson-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Portrays a person with a fish tail in place of legs, a sea creature from folklore. Look for it in posts about mermaids and mermen of any gender, ocean and fantasy themes, and beach and swimming life.

## Other skin tones

- 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md)
- 🧜🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merperson-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FB
- 🧜🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merperson-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FC
- 🧜🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merperson-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FD
- 🧜🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/merperson-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9DC U+1F3FF

## What it's made of

🧜🏾 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧜 [Merperson](https://emojichart.com/merperson-emoji.md) (U+1F9DC)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)

## How to type 🧜🏾

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona sirena: tono de piel oscuro medio | persona sirena, sirena, tono de piel oscuro medio, tritón |
| Français (fr) | créature aquatique : peau mate | ariel, créature aquatique, folklore, mer, océan, peau mate, personnage, petite sirène, queue de poisson, sirène, trident, triton |
| Deutsch (de) | Wassermensch: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Märchen, Meerjungfrau, Meermann, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, Nixe, Person, Sirene, Wasserfrau, Wassermann, Wassermensch |
| Italiano (it) | sirena: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, creatura, donna sirena, fiaba, mare, mitologia, oceano, personaggio, pesce, sirena, sirenetta |
| Português (pt) | pessoa sereia: pele morena escura | canto, cauda, contos, criatura, fada, fundo, mar, oceano, pele morena escura, ser encantado, sereia, sirene, tridente |
| Nederlands (nl) | zeemeermin: donkergetinte huidskleur | donkergetinte huidskleur, drietand, folklore, meermin, oceaan, schepsel, sirene, sprookje, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | vattenväsen: mellanmörk hy | mellanmörk hy, näcken, sjöjungfru, sjörå, vattenväsen |
| Polski (pl) | syrena: karnacja średnio ciemna | bajka, baśń, karnacja średnio ciemna, magia, morze, syrena, syrenka, tryton, Warszawa |
| Türkçe (tr) | balık insan: orta koyu cilt tonu | balık insan, balık kadın, deniz altı, deniz kızı, mitoloji, orta koyu cilt tonu, peri masalı, poseidon, su altı, üç dişli çatal |
| Русский (ru) | русалка: темный тон кожи | ариэль, морские существа, полурыба, русалка, русалочка, сказка, темный тон кожи, тритон, ундина |
| Українська (uk) | казкова водяна істота: помірно темний тон шкіри | водяна істота, жінка-русалка, казкова водяна істота, людина-русалка, морські створіння, помірно темний тон шкіри, русалка, Сирена, фольклор, чоловік-русалка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γοργόνα: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | γοργόνα, γοργονάνθρωπος, γοργόνος, θάλασσα, θαλάσσια πλάσματα, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, παραμύθι, σειρήνα, τρίαινα |
| العربية (ar) | مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | أشخاص, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, جنية بحر, حكايات, حورية, عروس البحر, فولكلور, قصص خيالية, كائن بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة, مخلوق بحري بجسد بشري وذيل سمكة |
| עברית (he) | בתולת ים: גוון עור כהה בינוני | בת הים, בת ים, בתולת ים, גוון עור כהה בינוני, ים |
| فارسی (fa) | دریامردمان: پوست گندمی | افسانه, افسونگر, اقیانوس, بالاتنه انسان پایین‌تنه ماهی, پری, پری دریایی, پوست گندمی, دریازن, دریامردمان, زن, زیر دریا, عمق دریا, ماهی, موجودات دریایی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मत्स्यमानव: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | जलपरी, पानी के अंदर, पुरुष मरमेड, मत्स्यकन्या, मत्स्यपुरुष, मत्स्यमानव, मत्स्यस्त्री, समुद्री जीव, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | মারপার্সেন: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | পরীর গল্প, মৎস্য কন্যা, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মারউইমেন, মারপার্সেন, মারমেড, মারমেন, রূপকথা, লোককাহিনী |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang duyung: warna kulit gelap-sedang | bawah laut, dongeng, duyung, makhluk laut, orang duyung, perempuan, pria duyung, putri duyung, trisula, wanita, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người cá: màu da tối trung bình | chàng tiên cá, công chúa cá, đinh ba, màu da tối trung bình, nàng tiên cá, người cá, sinh vật biển, thần thoại, truyện cổ tích |
| ไทย (th) | ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา: โทนผิวสีแทน | ครึ่งคนครึ่งปลา, ทะเล, เทพนิยาย, โทนผิวสีแทน, นางเงือก, ประหลาด, มหาสมุทร, เมอร์เมด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 人魚: やや濃い肌色 | おとぎ話, サイレン, マーメイド, やや濃い肌色, 人魚, 伝説, 半魚人, 海の生物, 海底 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 인어: 진한 갈색 피부 | 남자 인어, 동화, 민속, 바다 생물, 삼지창, 세이렌, 심해, 여자 인어, 인어, 진한 갈색 피부, 해저 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 人鱼: 中等-深肤色 | 三叉戟, 中等-深肤色, 人鱼, 女人鱼, 民间传说, 海妖, 海底, 海洋生物, 男人鱼, 童话, 美人鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 人魚：褐皮膚 | 三叉戟, 人魚, 傳說, 塞壬, 海中, 海底, 童話, 美人魚, 褐皮膚, 龍宮 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meerpersoon: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): Mɛɛnipa: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): sirenë deti: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ግማሽ ሰው ግማሽ ዓሳ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): մարդաձուկ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): মৎস্যব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): dəniz adamı: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): һыу кешеһе: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): itsas izaki: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): русалкі: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): sirena: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): жена амфибия: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ရေလူ − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): créature aquatique : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 人魚: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 人鱼: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona sirena: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎠᏣᏗ ᎤᎬᎭᏟ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 人魚：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): вутӑш: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): morska sirena: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): mořská bytost: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): havvæsen: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): näkk: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): tritão: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): havfólk: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): merperson: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): merenväki: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): serea: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): ადამიანთევზა: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): મરપર્સન: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): aljanun ruwa: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): merperson: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): sellő: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): sæbúi: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onyewọta: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine murúch: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): duyung: kulit sawo mateng
- Kannada (kn): ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): теңіз тұрғыны: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تەڭىز تۇرعىنى: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សមច្ឆា: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): muntusamaki: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): मत्स्यव्यक्ती: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): сууда жашаган жандык (русалка сымал): кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): karwinaq: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ເງືອກຜູ້ຊາຍ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks nāra: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): triton: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): undinius: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z mórja: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mierpersoun: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): морско лице: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): manusia duyung: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): മത്സ്യമനുഷ്യൻ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): merperson: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मरपर्सन: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): лусын хүн: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tangata-ika: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): मत्स्यमान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Bi Mamíwọtá: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho wa ka meetseng: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): havperson: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ମରପର୍ସନ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama lo’u: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): مرپرسن: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਲ ਮਾਨਵ: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جل دیو: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): runa sirena: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană sirenă: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): uman da l’aua: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach-mara: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа из мора: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba iz mora: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶိုင်ႈပႃၶိုင်ႈ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ميل پرسن: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): දියකිඳුරු: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): morská bytosť: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): morska oseba: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): qof cajiib ah: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): nguva mtu: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахси обӣ: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): கடல்மனிதன்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): జల వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ዓሳ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha meimeite: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): motho wa tlhamane: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): suw adam: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z morja: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پانی کے جاندار: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): بېلىق ئادەم: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): suv parisi: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): môrberson: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): sireen bu nit: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): i-merperson: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Yemọja ènìyàn: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Yemɔja ènìyàn: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): i-merperson: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9DC U+1F3FE` |
| HTML | `🧜🏾` |
| CSS | `\1F9DC\1F3FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9DC}\u{1F3FE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 9C F0 9F 8F BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDDC D83C DFFE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%9C%F0%9F%8F%BE` |

## Questions

### What does 🧜🏾 mean?

Portrays a person with a fish tail in place of legs, a sea creature from folklore. Look for it in posts about mermaids and mermen of any gender, ocean and fantasy themes, and beach and swimming life. 🧜🏾 shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧜🏾 and 🧜?

🧜🏾 is the 🧜 merperson emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🧜 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9DC U+1F3FE.

### How do I type 🧜🏾?

Find 🧜 in your emoji keyboard by searching “merperson”, then press and hold it and choose medium-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+1F3FE. 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/merperson-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji