merman

A merman: a mythical male figure with a human upper body and a fish tail, drawn with bare chest, long hair, and a green tail

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Code points
U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
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Meaning

A merman: a mythical male figure with a human upper body and a fish tail, drawn with bare chest, long hair, and a green tail. It commonly represents merfolk, ocean mythology, or sea-themed fantasy in conversation, and can signal a love of the sea, swimming, or fairy-tale imagery. It often appears in discussions of folklore, costume or mermaid-themed events, and aquatic fantasy media. It can also be used playfully for someone who enjoys water or is hard to pin down. Usage varies, and it may be read as a specific character or a general fantasy figure.

Merman — Approved as part of Emoji 5.0 in 2017.

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Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode name
merman
Category
People & BodyFantasy people
Unicode
10.0 · 2017Emoji 5.0
Keywords
creaturefairytalefolkloremermanNeptuneoceanPoseidonseasirentridentTritonemojimeaningmean

Developer

ZWJ sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Unicode namemerman
UTF-8F0 9F A7 9C E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):merman:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🧜‍♂️
HTML (decimal)🧜‍♂️
CSS\1F9DC \200D \2642 \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python\U0001F9DC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
Perl\x{1F9DC}\x{200D}\x{2642}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F9DC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--1ug66vku9r5q9h
URL escape code%F0%9F%A7%9C%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does 🧜‍♂️ merman mean?

A merman: a mythical male figure with a human upper body and a fish tail, drawn with bare chest, long hair, and a green tail. It commonly represents merfolk, ocean mythology, or sea-themed fantasy in conversation, and can signal a love of the sea, swimming, or fairy-tale imagery. It often appears in discussions of folklore, costume or mermaid-themed events, and aquatic fantasy media. It can also be used playfully for someone who enjoys water or is hard to pin down. Usage varies, and it may be read as a specific character or a general fantasy figure.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🧜‍♂️ merman?

U+1F9DC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F (Unicode 10.0, 2017) · :merman:

Which emojis are related to 🧜‍♂️ merman?

👼 baby angel, 👼🏻 baby angel: light skin tone, 👼🏼 baby angel: medium-light skin tone, 👼🏽 baby angel: medium skin tone, 👼🏾 baby angel: medium-dark skin tone, 👼🏿 baby angel: dark skin tone, 🎅 Santa Claus, 🎅🏻 Santa Claus: light skin tone