Meaning
The woman superhero features a powerful feminine figure, equally muscular and confident as her male counterpart, with cape and commanding pose. This design marks a cultural shift—representation of female strength, agency, and heroism as equal and unapologetic. The visual design conveys that heroism has no gender.
This is used to celebrate women doing extraordinary things, from close friends to public figures. It's popular in feminist contexts, women's empowerment conversations, and whenever someone—regardless of gender—wants to recognize or embody feminine strength. You'll see it celebrating female leaders, athletes, scientists, and everyday heroes breaking barriers.
The woman superhero carries special significance as part of a broader move toward inclusive representation in digital culture. It's particularly meaningful in communities where female heroes weren't historically centered in media. The emoji serves as both celebration and reclamation.
Approved alongside the man superhero in Unicode Emoji 11.0 in 2018, the woman superhero version responds to decades of demand for representation that goes beyond stereotypes. It's become an essential expression of admiration and solidarity.
Common Uses
- • Celebrating women in leadership, sports, or science
- • Supporting a female friend achieving something major
- • Expressing feminist solidarity or empowerment
- • Joking about being your own hero
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The woman superhero emoji saw rapid adoption in activism and social justice contexts, becoming a visual shorthand for celebrating women's achievements and pushing back against underrepresentation in hero narratives.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:superhero_woman: :female_superhero: :superhero_woman: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🦸‍♀️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🦸‍♀️ |
| CSS | \1F9B8\200D\2640\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDB8\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F9B8\U0000200D\U00002640\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDB8\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F9B8}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9B8}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rw8-6bx-7k0-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A6%B8%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xB8 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x80 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🦸♀️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | মহিলা সুপারহিরো |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 女超级英雄 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 女超人 |
| Danish | kvindelig superhelt |
| Dutch | vrouwelijke superheld |
| English | woman superhero |
| English (UK) | woman superhero |
| Estonian | naissuperkangelane |
| Finnish | naissupersankari |
| French | super-héroïne |
| German | Heldin |
| Hindi | महिला सुपरहीरो |
| Hungarian | női szuperhős |
| Italian | supereroina |
| Japanese | 女性のスーパーヒーロー |
| Korean | 여자 히어로 |
| Lithuanian | moteris superherojė |
| Malay | adi wira wanita |
| Norwegian | kvinnelig superhelt |
| Polish | kobieta superbohater |
| Portuguese | super-heroína |
| Russian | женщина-супергерой |
| Spanish | superheroína |
| Spanish (Mexico) | mujer superheroína |
| Swedish | kvinnlig superhjälte |
| Thai | ยอดหญิง |
| Ukrainian | жінка-супергерой |
| Vietnamese | nữ siêu anh hùng |