woman: medium skin tone, blond hair
Unicode: 1F471 1F3FD 200D 2640
Description
An emoji displaying a person with white hair, typically perceived as blonde or gray, combined with a medium skin tone. The hair is long and falls over the shoulders. This specific sequence incorporates the female sign, indicating a woman.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, as it represents a person. However, its usage can convey various emotions depending on context, such as expressing a character, describing someone's appearance, or representing a generic woman with this specific hair and skin color.
Backstory
The base emoji (person with blonde hair, 1F471) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Skin tone modifiers like 1F3FD (medium skin tone) were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015). The combination with the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner, 200D) and the female sign (2640) came later, creating a specific gender and skin tone combination for the 'person with blonde hair' emoji.
Usage Examples
- Describing someone: 'She reminds me of this emoji! 👩🏻🦳'
- Referring to an older woman: 'My grandma just got a new outfit 👩🏻🦳'
- In storytelling: 'The wise woman with long hair said... 👩🏻🦳'
- As a profile picture or avatar representation.
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often used to represent a generic female character with long blonde or gray hair, or to specifically describe someone with these features. Can be seen in contexts related to fantasy, older women, or stylish individuals.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage to Western culture, potentially representing specific character types found in manga, anime, or gaming, or simply a woman with these physical characteristics.