What does 🧚 mean?
Fairy: magic, fairy tales, fantasy, sweet charm.
Its official Unicode name is FAIRY and its CLDR short name is "fairy" (in Hungarian: "tündér"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- fairytale
- fantasy
- myth
- person
- pixie
- tale
- wings
In Hungarian: lepke, mese, Oberon, pillangó, Puck, szárny, Titánia, tündérmese
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🧚 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F9DA. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FAIRY
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- tündér
- English name (CLDR)
- fairy
- Emoji version
- Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Group
- People & Body · person fantasy
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :fairy:
Related emojis
- Baby angel
- Santa Claus
- Mrs. Claus
- Mx Claus
- Superhero
- Man superhero
- Woman superhero
- Supervillain
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🧚 emoji mean?
Fairy: magic, fairy tales, fantasy, sweet charm.
How do I type the 🧚 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "fairytale".
When was the 🧚 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017).
Does 🧚 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.