A salute to natural coils, bounce, and big-hair energy, this emoji represents a woman with gorgeous curls and a medium-dark skin tone—aka melanin + volume + main character vibes. People drop it to say “this is me” in bios, to celebrate a fresh twist‑out, or to announce wash day like it’s a national holiday. It’s also a go-to when humidity wins the battle (frizz arc unlocked), or when the curls are serving and you need the timeline to know it. Pair it with sparkles for a glow-up moment or a hair pick/blow dryer combo when you’re manifesting definition.
In texting and memes, it swings between confident and comedic: “big hair, don’t care,” “my diffuser did numbers,” or the classic sarcastic flex after a selfie drop. Flirty? Absolutely—this is the soft smile you send when the curls are hitting and the lighting is forgiving. Friends use it to tag the curly-headed member of the group chat, to RSVP for salon day, or to make shrinkage jokes that only the curl community truly understands.
On Apple/iOS, expect a front-facing bust portrait with a calm, neutral-smiley expression, softly shaded medium-dark skin, and dark, defined curls framing the face. The styling is clean and minimal—no accessories—usually with a simple colored top (often Apple’s signature purple shirt), solid background, and crisp lines that make the curls instantly recognizable. It reads clearly at small sizes: welcoming eyes, slight smile, and that crown of coils doing the most.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3534 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Woman, Curly Haired: Medium-Dark Skin Tone |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 12 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 👩🏾🦱 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 4 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 👩🏾🦱 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 👩 🏾 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 👩 🏾 ‍ 🦱 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f469, 1f3fe, 200d, 1f9b1 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F469, U+1F3FE, U+200D, U+1F9B1 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128105, 127998, 8205, 129457 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA9, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBE, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 A9, F0 9F 8F BE, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A6 B1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 221 251, 360 237 217 276, 342 200 215, 360 237 246 261 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC69, 0xD83C 0xDFFE, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDB1 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc69, d83cdffe, 200d, d83eddb1 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56425, 55356 57342, 8205, 55358 56753 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F469 0x0001F3FE 0x0000200D 0x0001F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F469, 01F3FE, 200D, 01F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128105, 127998, 8205, 129457 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F469\U0001F3FE\u200D\U0001F9B1" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x91\xa9\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbe\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC69\uD83C\uDFFE\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1" |