Mermaid emoji ๐งโโ๏ธ
Emoji 5.0 (2017) ยท U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Mermaid ๐งโโ๏ธ is tagged with these keywords: creature, fairytale, folklore, merwoman, ocean, sea, siren, trident.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing creature or fairytale in the emoji search brings up ๐งโโ๏ธ.
Mermaid ๐งโโ๏ธ is one of 33 emoji in the fantasy characters subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐ง ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ง.
๐งโโ๏ธ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ to ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐งโโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
๐งโโ๏ธ was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ is made of
๐งโโ๏ธ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ๐ง merperson + โ๏ธ female sign, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ๐งโโ๏ธ
Any emoji picker finds ๐งโโ๏ธ when you search for mermaid.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type mermaid.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type mermaid in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type mermaid.
Codes for developers
Mermaid ๐งโโ๏ธ is written with 4 code points: U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 13 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9DC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧜‍♀️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧜‍♀️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9DC \200D \2640 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9DC}\u200D\u2640\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%9C%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 9C E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโโ๏ธ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | mermaid |
| Portuguรชs | sereia |
| Espaรฑol | sirena |
| Italiano | sirena donna |
| Franรงais | sirรจne |
| Deutsch | Meerjungfrau |
| Tรผrkรงe | denizkฤฑzฤฑ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | putri duyung |
| Polski | kobieta syrena |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะถะตะฝัะธะฝะฐ-ัััะฐะปะบะฐ |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ใใผใกใคใ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์ฌ์ ์ธ์ด |
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What does the mermaid emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโโ๏ธ "mermaid" and links it with creature, fairytale, folklore, merwoman. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the fantasy characters subgroup of people & body.
When was the mermaid emoji added?
In Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. Phones updated since about 2018 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโโ๏ธ?
Yes. ๐งโโ๏ธ has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.