Person: Curly Hair Emoji
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🧑🦱🧑‍🦱:personand-curly-hair:%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A6%B1\1F9D1\200D\1F9B1What does the Person: Curly Hair emoji mean?
The Person: Curly Hair emoji (🧑🦱) comes from the People & Body set and represents person: curly hair. It is used to add visual context and emotional nuance where plain text alone would feel flat. Unicode maps this character to U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1 and it first shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). The code point ensures the same underlying meaning even though visual art varies by vendor. Hand and body symbols help where words lack physical presence. They clarify intent — whether you are waving, pointing, requesting, or celebrating — and add warmth to otherwise neutral text. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of person: curly hair stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🧑🦱), as an HTML entity (🧑🦱), or as a shortcode (:personand-curly-hair:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for person: curly hair — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Person: Curly Hair emoji
- In chat: Drop 🧑🦱 into a sentence where you would normally write “person: curly hair” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🧑🦱 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🧑‍🦱 or shortcode :personand-curly-hair: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | People & Body |
| Unicode code point | U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1 |
| Introduced in | Emoji 5.0 (2017) |
| Shortcode | :personand-curly-hair: |
| HTML entity | 🧑‍🦱 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays person: curly hair everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Person: Curly Hair mean?
The Person: Curly Hair emoji (🧑🦱) comes from the People & Body set and represents person: curly hair. It is used to add visual context and emotional nuance where plain text alone would feel flat. U...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B1, introduced in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Official name: "Person: Curly Hair".
How do I copy the Person: Curly Hair emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Person: Curly Hair emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Person: Curly Hair used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for person: curly hair in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🧑🦱 with their own style, colour, and shading.