๐Ÿงœโ€โ™‚๏ธmerman
๐Ÿงœโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Commonly confused with

ZWJ Sequence

Merman
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Merperson

Merperson vs merman; same merfolk concept with male or neutral presentation.

Variants

Skin tones
Merman
Merman: light skin tone
Merman: medium-light skin tone
Merman: medium skin tone
Merman: medium-dark skin tone
Merman: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œMermanโ€ 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

+ creature + fairytale + folklore + Neptune + ocean + Poseidon + sea + siren + trident

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ merman + Triton

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