Mrs. Claus: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F936 1F3FE
Description
An emoji depicting a person wearing a crown, typically representing royalty or leadership, with a dark skin tone modifier.
Group:
People & Body > person-fantasy
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents royalty, leadership, success, power, or feeling special/important. Can also be used to signify a 'king' or 'queen' status in a social context.
Backstory
The crown emoji (1F451) was part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The person-wearing-crown emoji (1F936) was added in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. The dark skin tone modifier (1F3FE) was also introduced with Emoji 2.0 (Unicode 8.0) in 2015, allowing for more diverse representation of human emojis.
Usage Examples
- Acknowledging someone's excellence: 'You're the queen of baking! 1F936 1F3FE'
- Referring to actual royalty: 'The king arrived to greet the crowd. 1F936 1F3FE'
- Expressing self-confidence: 'Feeling like royalty today! 1F936 1F3FE'
- In gaming: 'Our top player is the king of this game! 1F936 1F3FE'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to denote someone as a 'king' or 'queen' – often for their skills, personality, or achievements. Also used in discussions about actual royalty.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, but might also be used in contexts related to K-pop idols or gaming achievements where someone is considered 'legendary'.