๐Ÿง•

๐Ÿง• Emoji meaning

Worn for practical, religious, cultural, or fashion reasons.

๐Ÿง• Meaning

Triangular or suitably folded fabric for headgear. Is worn for practical, religious, cultural or fashionable reasons. The inventor of the emoji is a 16-year-old girl from Vienna who has since been on the list of the most influential teenagers in 2017.

Examples

  • That looks so good on you! ๐Ÿง•
  • Your outfit looks really nice. ๐Ÿง•
  • Do you like your new headscarf? ๐Ÿง•

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Variants

Skin tones
Woman with headscarf
Woman with headscarf: light skin tone
Woman with headscarf: medium-light skin tone
Woman with headscarf: medium skin tone
Woman with headscarf: medium-dark skin tone
Woman with headscarf: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œWoman with headscarfโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bandana + head + kerchief + woman

Keywords removed

- woman with headscarf

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ woman with headscarf

In the release of Emoji 4.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ headscarf + hijab + tichel + mantilla

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