girl: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F467 1F3FF
Description
A woman emoji with dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents female identity, often used to signify a woman, a girl, or a female person in various contexts. The dark skin tone adds specificity to the representation.
Backstory
The base 'Woman' emoji (👧) was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The dark skin tone modifier (🏿) was added as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015, following efforts to introduce a greater range of skin tones to human emojis across the Unicode standard, allowing users to select emojis that better reflect their own appearance or the appearance of subjects they are discussing.
Usage Examples
- To represent a specific woman: 'My sister 👧🏿 is coming to visit.'
- In discussions about gender: 'Empowering women 👧🏿 in leadership.'
- To describe a person: 'She's a strong 👧🏿.'
- To indicate a female character in a story or game context: 'Character selection: 👧🏿'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used to represent women of African, Caribbean, or other dark-skinned descents. Can be used in discussions about diversity or to personalize female representation.
East Asian culture:
May be used similarly to represent women with darker complexions, but potentially with less direct association with specific racial or ethnic groups depending on local demographics and cultural nuances.
Global usage:
Part of the broader set of diverse skin tone modifiers, aiming to increase representational accuracy in digital communication. Its usage varies based on the user's demographic and the context it's being applied to.