What does ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone mean?

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ is the Woman emoji (๐Ÿ‘ฉ) with a medium-light skin tone (๐Ÿผ, Fitzpatrick type 3) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.

Here the adult figure is a woman, the female counterpart to ๐Ÿง‘. It refers to women, wives, moms, friends or yourself, and it forms the base of many woman-specific profession and family emojis. Depending on tone, it can mean โ€œladyโ€, โ€œgirlโ€ or even โ€œqueenโ€ in casual chat.

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (people: ages & hairstyles), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about adult and lady.

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๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more

The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone looks on each platform.

Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad & Mac
Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid & Gmail
Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on Microsoft
MicrosoftWindows & Teams
Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji on X / Twitter
X / TwitterTwemoji

Woman in every skin tone

Default (yellow)
Light skin tone
Medium-light skin tone
Medium skin tone
Medium-dark skin tone
Dark skin tone
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Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers

How do I copy and paste the Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji?

Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.

When was the Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone emoji added?

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

Does the Woman emoji come in different skin tones?

Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐Ÿ‘ฉ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฟ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.

Why does ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผ look different on my phone?

Every platform draws its own artwork for Woman: Medium-Light Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1F469 U+1F3FC) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโ€™s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.

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