Person: Curly Hair 🧑‍🦱

A gender-neutral figure with bouncy, textured curly hair is what you see here—voluminous coils framing a friendly face with a warm expression. The curls are shown with clear texture and definition, celebrating natural curl patterns without assigning gender. The design balances inclusivity with visual distinctiveness.

This emoji serves the same purpose as its gendered counterparts but for anyone who doesn't identify within the woman/man binary or simply prefers a neutral representation. It's used in conversations about natural hair, self-identification, or when describing someone's appearance without gender assumptions. Like other person variants, it's part of the emoji standard's expanding toolkit for inclusive communication.

The gender-neutral person emoji with curly hair arrived with Unicode Emoji 12.1 in 2019, continuing the trend of offering alternatives to strictly binary representations. This reflects how emoji design has evolved to accommodate diverse identities and preferences. Whether someone chooses the woman, man, or person variant often depends on personal preference or context.