Elf: Medium-light Skin Tone

🧝🏼 is the medium-light skin tone version of 🧝 Elf. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.

See the default 🧝 Elf emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

elf

elf: light skin tone

elf: medium-light skin tone

elf: medium skin tone

elf: medium-dark skin tone

elf: dark skin tone

Where person-fantasy emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Fiction, gaming, and fantasy-themed posts
Costume, roleplay, and seasonal content

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: elf: medium-light skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F9DD U+1F3FC
Hex: 1F9DD 1F3FC
Emoji version: 5.0
Unicode version: 10.0
First released: 2017
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-fantasy
Skin tone: medium-light
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

elf · elves · enchantment · fantasy · folklore · magic · magical · medium-light skin tone · myth

How it looks

Elf: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Elf: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Elf: Medium-light Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🧝🏼. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🧝🏼 elf: medium-light skin tone emoji mean?: 🧝🏼 is the medium-light skin tone version of 🧝 Elf. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🧝🏼?: U+1F9DD U+1F3FC.
When was the 🧝🏼 elf: medium-light skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 5.0, published in 2017, alongside Unicode 10.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🧝🏼 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “elf”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🧝🏼 from this page with one click.