Merperson 🧜
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The merperson emoji, depicting a being with a human upper body and a fish tail for the lower body. This emoji is used to express mermaids, mermen, and aquatic creatures. Common usage includes 'Like a mermaid🧜' 'Ocean world🧜' or 'Mermaid mood🧜' This is the gender-neutral version. Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 as part of the fantasy emoji series. Merpeople appear in mythologies and folklore worldwide, including Greek mythology's Sirens, Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' (Denmark), Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' film, the Starbucks logo (twin-tailed siren), and many other cultural traditions.

The emoji is widely used in posts about the ocean, fantasy, beaches, summer, underwater worlds, fairy tales, and children's stories. It's also popular in the 'mermaidcore' aesthetic—a fashion and beauty trend emphasizing oceanic, ethereal themes. The emoji frequently appears in pool selfie posts, beach photography, marine biology content, and mermaid cafe social media posts. Skin tone modifiers can be applied for diverse representation.