Merman emoji ๐งโโ๏ธ
Emoji 5.0 (2017) ยท U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ๐งโโ๏ธ are creature, fairytale, folklore, Neptune, ocean, Poseidon, sea, siren, trident, Triton. They show what people use it for.
Search for creature or fairytale on your emoji keyboard and ๐งโโ๏ธ is among the results.
You will find ๐งโโ๏ธ among the fantasy characters (33 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐ง ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐งโโ๏ธ.
Besides the default yellow, ๐งโโ๏ธ has 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ light to ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will ๐งโโ๏ธ show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 5.0 brought ๐งโโ๏ธ in 2017. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
What ๐งโโ๏ธ is made of
๐งโโ๏ธ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ๐ง merperson + โ๏ธ male 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
Search for merman in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ๐งโโ๏ธ.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type merman.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type merman in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type merman.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ๐งโโ๏ธ is 4 code points (U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F), 13 bytes in UTF-8 and 5 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧜‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧜‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9DC \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9DC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%9C%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 9C E2 80 8D E2 99 82 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 | merman |
| Portuguรชs | sereio |
| Espaรฑol | sirena hombre |
| Italiano | tritone |
| Franรงais | triton |
| Deutsch | Wassermann |
| Tรผrkรงe | balฤฑk adam |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria duyung |
| Polski | mฤลผczyzna syrena |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ััะธัะพะฝ |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ใใผใใณ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ๋จ์ ์ธ์ด |
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What does the merman emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโโ๏ธ "merman" and links it with creature, fairytale, folklore, Neptune. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the fantasy characters subgroup of people & body.
When was the merman 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.