woman: medium-dark skin tone, blond hair
Unicode: 1F471 1F3FE 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A woman with blonde hair, depicted with a light skin tone. The woman is wearing a head covering, often associated with a headscarf or veil.
Group:
People & Body > person
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Can represent various emotions depending on context, including modesty, reverence, cultural identity, or personal choice. As a person emoji, it primarily identifies an individual rather than a specific emotion.
Backstory
This emoji sequence is a combination of a person emoji (U+1F471 'PERSON WITH BLOND HAIR'), a skin tone modifier (U+1F3FE 'EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-4'), a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner, U+200D), a female sign (U+2640 'FEMALE SIGN'), and a variation selector (U+FE0F). It was formed to create a distinct representation of a 'woman with headscarf' through various updates, particularly with the introduction of gender and role-specific sequences in later Unicode versions (e.g. Emoji 4.0 / Unicode 9.0 for the ZWJ sequences). The 'person with blond hair' base often implies a 'woman with headscarf' when combined with the female sign and relevant context.
Usage Examples
- Representing a woman wearing a headscarf.
- Discussing topics related to faith or culture.
- Identifying a female character in discussions where head covering is relevant.
- Illustrating diversity in female representation.
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often seen in contexts related to religious attire (e.g., hijab, headscarf), or sometimes as a generic female figure with head covering.
Middle Eastern/North African culture:
Commonly represents women wearing traditional head coverings, particularly the hijab, signifying modesty and religious adherence.
Other cultures:
Can represent various traditional or religious head coverings, or simply a woman with long hair that might be styled to appear covered.