princess: light skin tone
Unicode: 1F478 1F3FB
Description
An emoji depicting a princess with light skin a fair complexion, wearing a crown and typically a pink or purple dress.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Often represents royalty, femininity, grace, and sometimes a sense of being pampered or special. Can also be used playfully for self-identification or admiration.
Backstory
The princess emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The '1F3FB' part refers to the Fitzpatrick scale modifier for light skin tone, added later in Unicode 8.0 (2015) to allow for diverse skin tone representation on many human-representing emojis. This allows users to select a princess emoji that better reflects their own or their desired appearance.
Usage Examples
- Feeling special or elegant: 'Ready for the ball! 👸🏻'
- Referring to actual royalty: 'The new royal baby is adorable! 👸🏻'
- Playfully describing yourself or someone else: 'Feeling like a princess today. 👸🏻'
- Wishing good luck or celebrating a milestone: 'Happy birthday, my little princess! 👸🏻'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Strongly associated with fairy tales, Disney princesses, and childhood dreams of royalty or being a 'princess'.
East Asian culture:
Similar associations with grace and femininity, sometimes used in idol culture or to describe someone as 'cute' or 'precious'.