woman with veil: dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F470 1F3FF 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A princess with dark skin tone, wearing a crown and typically a dress, representing royalty or fairy tales.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents femininity, elegance, royalty, beauty, or a fairytale quality. Can also be used to refer to a literal princess or a 'princess-like' person.
Backstory
The 'Princess' emoji (1F470) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The skin tone modifers (1F3FF for dark skin tone) were added in Unicode 8.0 (2015). The 'Woman' symbol (2640) combined with 'Zero Width Joiner' (200D) ensures the female gender, and 'Variation Selector-16' (FE0F) is used for emoji presentation.
Usage Examples
- Referring to a fairytale: 'Reading Cinderella tonight 👸🏿'
- Complimenting someone: 'You look like a real princess today! 👸🏿'
- Referring to a real princess: 'The royal family welcomed their new princess 👸🏿'
- Playfully describing a friend: 'She's always getting spoiled, such a princess! 👸🏿'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to refer to real princesses, fairytale characters, or to describe someone as 'princess-like' (sometimes with connotations of being pampered or privileged).
East Asian culture:
Can be used similarly, and sometimes in a more playful or cute context, referring to a beloved girl or young woman.