The person: medium skin tone, curly hair emoji is the internet’s universal "that’s me" for anyone rocking ringlets, coils, or freshly-diffused bounce. It pops up in hair journey posts, wash-day updates, and those triumphant moments when your curls actually listen to the curl cream instructions. It also works hilariously for frizz-chaos stories—think "humidity 1, me 0"—or when you’re announcing your big-hair-don’t-care energy. In DMs, it can be playful or flirty: a subtle "you noticed the curls, right?" without typing a word.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji shows a forward-facing, shoulders-up bust with a neutral, friendly expression. The medium-tan skin tone pairs with dark, springy curls that frame the head in clean, rounded shapes, plus a simple gray-blue shirt for that minimalist Apple vibe. No accessories, no fuss—just crisp edges, soft gradients, and instantly recognizable curl silhouette.
You’ll see it used for "new diffuser who dis," perm-era throwbacks, and "day 3 curls still thriving" flexes. It’s a go-to self-insert in group chats, a profile-pic stand-in on lazy days, and a punchline in hair-meme culture when the weather turns your head into a barometer. Basically: main character hair energy, now in emoji form.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3189 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 |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| 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) | 1f9d1, 1f3fd, 200d, 1f9b1 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9D1, U+1F3FD, U+200D, U+1F9B1 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129489, 127997, 8205, 129457 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x91, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBD, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 91, F0 9F 8F BD, E2 80 8D, F0 9F A6 B1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 221, 360 237 217 275, 342 200 215, 360 237 246 261 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDD1, 0xD83C 0xDFFD, 0x200D, 0xD83E 0xDDB1 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83eddd1, d83cdffd, 200d, d83eddb1 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56785, 55356 57341, 8205, 55358 56753 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9D1 0x0001F3FD 0x0000200D 0x0001F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9D1, 01F3FD, 200D, 01F9B1 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129489, 127997, 8205, 129457 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FD\u200D\U0001F9B1" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x91\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbd\xe2\x80\x8d\xf0\x9f\xa6\xb1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDD1\uD83C\uDFFD\u200D\uD83E\uDDB1" |
