U+1F9B1 "🦱" Emoji Component Curly Hair Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F9B1 "🦱" Emoji Component Curly Hair is a modifier element within the emoji system, specifically designed to represent curly hair for use in combination with other characters to create more diverse and personalized human emoji depictions. It is not a standalone emoji but rather a component that can be applied to characters like the "Person" or "Woman" emojis, allowing users to specify hair texture and style. This character falls under Unicode's drive for greater inclusivity in digital communication, enabling representation of various natural hair types, particularly those with tight curls or coils often associated with Black and mixed-race individuals. Its introduction helps standardize visual diversity across platforms, though its appearance may vary depending on the operating system or software rendering the emoji sequence.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F9B1
Version Added 11.0
Name Emoji Component Curly Hair
Block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🦱
HTML Hex Encoding 🦱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDDB1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F9B1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\uddb1

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Emoji Component Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes