Person: Red Hair
๐งโ๐ฆฐ is the person: red hair emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 12.1 (2019). Unicode's keyword list links it with โadultโ.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Where person emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Representing a person in a story, bio, or how-to
- Choosing an avatar that matches age, hair, or skin tone
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- CLDR short name
- person: red hair
- Codepoint
- U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B0
- Hex
- 1F9D1 200D 1F9B0
- Emoji version
- 12.1
- Unicode version
- 12.1
- First released
- 2019
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- person
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 ยท Unicode Emoji 16.0 ยท How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:person_red_hair:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRadult ยท person ยท red hair
Tags
How it looks

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Questions people ask
- What does the ๐งโ๐ฆฐ person: red hair emoji mean?
- ๐งโ๐ฆฐ is the person: red hair emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 12.1 (2019). Unicode's keyword list links it with โadultโ.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ๐งโ๐ฆฐ?
- U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9B0.
- When was the ๐งโ๐ฆฐ person: red hair emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 12.1, published in 2019, alongside Unicode 12.1. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type ๐งโ๐ฆฐ on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for โpersonโ. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ๐งโ๐ฆฐ from this page with one click.
- Does ๐งโ๐ฆฐ come in different skin tones?
- Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฆฐ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ฆฐ ๐ง๐พโ๐ฆฐ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ฆฐ. They all mean the same thing; long-press ๐งโ๐ฆฐ on a phone keyboard to pick one.
- What is the shortcode for ๐งโ๐ฆฐ?
- On GitHub, type :person_red_hair: and it turns into ๐งโ๐ฆฐ โ that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
