Red hair emoji meaning

The red hair emoji is a representation of a person's face, shown with red or ginger-colored hair. This emoji is part of a series designed to reflect diverse hair types and styles, including different colors, textures, and lengths. It was introduced to promote inclusivity and acknowledge the unique traits of people with red hair, which is relatively rare worldwide, occurring naturally in about one to two percent of the global population. This emoji typically appears with a neutral facial expression and can represent someone with natural red hair or someone who has dyed their hair red. It is often used in conversations to describe someone with red hair, celebrate red-haired individuals, or simply as a fun way to reference the color red in general. The red hair emoji is available across various platforms, including smartphones and social media apps, though its design may vary slightly depending on the operating system or application. It is part of the larger family of skin tone and hairstyle customization options, allowing users to select a version of the emoji that best represents themselves or others.

The red hair emoji was approved in Unicode 11.0 and added in Emoji 11.0, see related proposal L2/17082