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Mermaid and Merman

If you take a trip deep into the sea you might meet a merperson, mermaid, or merman. Ok, while the merpeople are imaginary creatures, they are loved by all. A merperson is half-human and half fish. The emoji shows a person with a fish tail at the bottom instead of legs. One gender variant of the merperson holds a trident. The merperson emoji comes in different skin tones and genders. Use this emoji when talking about sea life or mythical creatures. Example: “I wish I could be a 🧜🏼 when I grow up, but my mom says they aren’t real.

Keywords: mermaid, merman, merperson, merwoman, ocean, underwater
Codepoints: 1F9DC
Introduced: June, 2017 in Unicode version 10.0.0 (Emoji version 5.0)
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