The woman: curly hair emoji is the proudly coil-crowned counterpart of the standard woman, signaling ringlets, coils, and big-hair energy. On Apple/iOS, she faces forward with a friendly, neutral smile, springy brown curls framing her forehead and cheeks, and the familiar purple top in a simple bust view; add a skin-tone modifier and she keeps the same bouncy style. The curls give unmistakable volume—think diffuser-dried, Day 2 definition—and people instantly spot the silhouette as a curly queen. Visually, it reads warm, approachable, and a little bit "I brought my leave-in conditioner."
Use it when you’re announcing a fresh wash day, showing off a new perm, or flagging a hair-appointment selfie: “big chop complete,” “curly girl method check,” or “humidity said no.” It doubles for identity and representation (natural hair, coils, 3A–4C love) and for mood—wild, free, main-character energy. In texts and memes it can be flirty (“serving ringlets”), sarcastic (“went outside for 5 minutes”), or dramatic (“my curls vs. July”). It pops up in beauty TikToks, before/after Reels, and “diffuser vs. air-dry” debates, often paired with sparkle or wind emojis. Some folks use it as shorthand for icons with signature curls—from Merida to Annie to 80s perm vibes. Translation: volume to the gods, frizz if provoked, and unapologetically bouncy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1447 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Woman, Curly Haired |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 12 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👩🦱 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 3 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👩🦱 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👩 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👩 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f469, 200d, 1f9b1 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F469, U+200D, U+1F9B1 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128105, 8205, 129457 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA9, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A9, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A6 B1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 251, 342 200 215, 360 237 246 261 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC69, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDB1 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc69, 200d, d83eddb1 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56425, 8205, 55358 56753 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F469 0x0000200D 0x0001F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F469, 200D, 01F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128105, 8205, 129457 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F469\u200D\U0001F9B1" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa9\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC69\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1" |