Half human, half fish, all drama: the merperson: light skin tone emoji brings ocean energy to your texts without getting seaweed stuck in your hair. It’s the gender-inclusive take on classic mer-mythology, great for beach plans, self-care bath nights, Pisces feels, or that moment when you decide you were absolutely born to live under the sea. People drop it with mermaidcore/sirencore outfits, thirst-trap selfies (“catch of the day”), or ironically when they’re ghosting land-based responsibilities. Translation online: I’m aquatic now, sorry I can’t come to your meeting, I’m busy communing with dolphins and avoiding emails.
On Apple/iOS, expect a sleek, rounded Apple-style figure with a light-toned human torso flowing into a glossy, gradient fishtail—often teal or blue-green—shown in a side-swim pose, usually left-facing. The expression reads calm and confident, hair mid-length and wind-swept-by-tide, one arm extended like they’re gliding through waves. No trident or mirror props here—just streamlined mer-vibes and that smooth iOS shading that makes the tail look shimmer-ready. It’s instantly recognizable as the neutral merfolk option, not clearly mermaid or merman, with a clean, slightly angled perspective that screams “oceanic main character.”
Use it flirtatiously (“come swim, bestie”), playfully dramatic (“I belong to the sea now”), or as a hydration meme when you finally drank water like a responsible sea creature. It pops up in D&D character chats (tritons and sea elves unite), sea shanty TikTok nostalgia, and Starbucks-siren jokes. Also works for hair-flip shower selfies, vacation countdowns, or any post that says: I’m escaping reality via saltwater and delusion.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2106 of 2393 |
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| 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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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🧜🏻 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🧜🏻 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🧜 🏻 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🧜 🏻 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f9dc, 1f3fb |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9DC, U+1F3FB |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129500, 127995 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x9C, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A7 9C, F0 9F 8F BB |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 247 234, 360 237 217 273 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDDC, 0xD83C 0xDFFB |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edddc, d83cdffb |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56796, 55356 57339 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9DC 0x0001F3FB |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9DC, 01F3FB |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129500, 127995 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9DC\U0001F3FB" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa7\x9c\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDDC\uD83C\uDFFB" |
