U+1F9DC U+1F3FE

🧜🏾 Merperson: medium-dark skin tone

Skin tone A click copies the symbol with the chosen tone — no need to open a separate page.

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Shortcode
Unicode version
10.0 (2017)
Emoji version
5.0 (2017)
Status
fully-qualified

What 🧜🏾 is made of

This symbol is written with several code points rather than one. Here is what stands behind it, in order.

  1. 🧜 merperson U+1F9DC
  2. 🏾 skin tone U+1F3FE

Will your readers see 🧜🏾

The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.

  • Apple always there
  • Google always there
  • Microsoft always there
  • Samsung always there

Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.

Where the 🧜🏾 emoji is used

The 🧜🏾 smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way — below you can see how merperson: medium-dark skin tone is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.

How the smiley looks on different platforms

Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.

Emoji codes for developers

Name in other languages

English merperson: medium-dark skin tone
Русский русалка: темный тон кожи
Deutsch Wassermensch: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe
Español persona sirena: tono de piel oscuro medio
Français créature aquatique : peau mate
Polski syrena: karnacja średnio ciemna
Dansk havvæsen: medium til mørk teint
Українська казкова водяна істота: помірно темний тон шкіри
Português pessoa sereia: pele morena escura

Unicode CLDR 48