woman: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F469 1F3FC
Description
A woman emoji with medium-light skin tone
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, represents a person. Specific emotion depends on context or accompanied emojis.
Backstory
This emoji combines the 'Woman' emoji (U+1F469) with the 'Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-3' (U+1F3FC) to specify a medium-light skin tone. The Fitzpatrick scale is used to classify human skin color based on its response to ultraviolet light. Skin tone modifiers were introduced to Unicode in 2015 to allow for greater diversity in human-representing emojis.
Usage Examples
- Introducing oneself: 'Hi, I'm Sarah 👋👩🏼'
- Referring to a female person: 'The woman in charge is 👩🏼💼'
- Indicating gender: 'Please fill out the form, indicating your gender: 👨🏽 or 👩🏼'
- Representing a female character in a story: 'Once upon a time, there was a brave 👩🏼 who lived in a castle.'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used as a general representation of a woman, sometimes combined with other emojis to describe activities or professions.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture; can be used in combination with other emojis to represent roles or actions.