Person: Blond Hair 👱

This emoji depicts an adult face with distinctly blonde hair, rendered in light yellow or golden tones. The design shows a smiling, friendly expression with the blonde hair being the defining visual feature—typically short, styled, and prominently displayed in contrast to the face.

Historically, this emoji has been used to reference people with blonde hair, though it's less common in everyday messaging than you'd expect. Some people employ it descriptively when discussing someone's appearance, while others use it more loosely as a general adult face option, essentially ignoring the hair color specification.

The emoji can occasionally appear in jokes or memes about blonde stereotypes, though this usage is declining as people become more aware of stereotyping concerns. It's more likely to show up in casual self-descriptions (if someone has blonde hair and wants to represent themselves), family photos, or lighthearted posts about appearance.

Platform variations are notable—Apple's design is notably rounder and softer, while Google's feels more angular. The emoji's presence sometimes causes minor confusion because not everyone actively thinks about hair-color-specific emojis when other person options exist. Its relative underutilization suggests that most people don't prioritize hair color in their emoji selections.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, this emoji represents one of the first attempts at introducing appearance variations in the people category, predating modern skin tone modifiers.