👻U+1F47B
Ghost emoji
A white, sheet-like ghost with round eyes and a wavy bottom edge. Ghosts, spooky things and Halloween are the obvious subjects, along with a playful 'boo!'. It also stands in for ghosting, meaning someone who vanishes from a conversation or relationship without explanation.
- Unicode name
- ghost
- Category
- Smileys & emotion, Costume faces
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F47B
- Shortcode
:ghost:- Keywords
- boo, creature, excited, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, ghost, halloween, haunting, monster, scary, silly, tale
How it looks
How to type 👻
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “ghost”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “ghost”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “ghost”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “ghost”.
- GitHub
- Type :ghost: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | fantasma | cara, criatura, cuento, fantasma, monstruo |
| Français | fantôme | blague, bouh, créature, effrayant, fantastique, fantôme, Halloween, hanter, monstre, peur, visage, visage de fantôme |
| Deutsch | Gespenst | buh, Fantasy, Geist, Gesicht, Gespenst, gruselig, Halloween, Märchen, Spuk, Zunge |
| Italiano | fantasma | creatura, fantasmino, favola, fiaba, halloween, horror, mostro, paura, scherzetto, scherzo, sciocco, storie di fantasmi, stregare, stregato, terrore |
| Português | fantasma | assombração, assombrado, buu, conto, fadas, fantasma, halloween, rosto |
| Nederlands | spook | boe, fantasie, geest, gezicht, halloween, monster, spook, spook met tong uit mond, sprookje, uitgestoken tong, wezen |
| Svenska | spöke | ansikte, saga, spöke |
| Polski | duch | biały, buźka, duch, duszek, halloween, język, potwór, wesoły duch |
| Türkçe | hayalet | cadılar bayramı, hayalet, öcü, peri masalı, yüz |
| Русский | привидение | подмигнуть, привидение, призрак, смешной, улыбка, хэллоуин |
| Українська | привид | казка, каспер, монстр, обличчя, привид, створіння, фантазія |
| Ελληνικά | φάντασμα | ανόητος, αστείος, ενθουσιασμένος, μπου, παραμύθι, πλάσμα, πρόσωπο, στοιχειωμένος, τέρας, τρομακτικός, φαντασία, φάντασμα, Χάλογουιν |
| العربية | شبح | جني, حدوتة, خرافة, شبح, قصة, مخيف, مسكون, هلوين, وجه |
| עברית | רוח רפאים | יצור, לשון, מוות, מחייך, פרצוף, רוח רפאים |
| فارسی | روح | جانور, جن و پری, روح, صورت, فانتزی, هیولا |
| हिन्दी | भूत | चेहरा, परी कथा, प्रेत, भूत, हेलोवीन |
| বাংলা | ভূত | কল্পনা, দানব, দুষ্টু ভূত, বুনো জীব, ভূত, মুখ, রূপকথা |
| Bahasa Indonesia | hantu | arwah, dongeng, fantasi, halloween, hantu, konyol, monster, muka, seram, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt | ma | ma, mặt, quái vật, sinh vật, truyện cổ tích, tưởng tượng |
| ไทย | ผี | น่ากลัว, นิทาน, ผี, หลอก, หลอน, ฮาโลวีน |
| 日本語 | お化け | お化け, ゴースト, ハロウィーン, ユーレイ, 幽霊, 怖い |
| 한국어 | 유령 | 고스트, 귀신, 귀신얼굴, 동화, 어이없는, 얼굴, 유령, 판타지, 할로윈, 흥분한 |
| 中文（简体） | 鬼 | 万圣节, 妖怪, 幻想, 幽灵, 怪物, 神话故事, 脸, 鬼, 鬼脸 |
| 中文（繁體） | 鬼 | 幽靈, 萬聖節, 鬧鬼, 鬼, 鬼臉 |
Names in 95 more languages
| Afrikaans | spook |
|---|---|
| Akan | saman |
| Albanian | fantazmë |
| Amharic | የሙት መንፈስ |
| Anii | ʊkonso |
| Armenian | ուրվական |
| Assamese | ভূত |
| Azerbaijani | ruh |
| Bashkir | өрәк |
| Basque | mamua |
| Belarusian | прывід |
| Bosnian | duh |
| Breton | tasmant |
| Bulgarian | призрак |
| Burmese | တစ္ဆေ |
| Cantonese | 鬼 |
| Catalan | fantasma |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏥᏍᎩᎵ |
| Chuvash | мӗлке |
| Croatian | duh |
| Czech | duch |
| Danish | spøgelse |
| Estonian | kummitus |
| Faroese | gálvandi spøkilsi |
| Filipino | multo |
| Finnish | kummitus |
| Galician | pantasma |
| Georgian | მოჩვენება |
| Gujarati | ભૂત |
| Hausa | fatalwa |
| Hungarian | szellem |
| Icelandic | draugur |
| Igbo | mmụọ |
| Irish | taibhse |
| Javanese | pocongan |
| Kalaallisut | spøgelse |
| Kannada | ದೆವ್ವ |
| Kazakh | елес |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ەلەس |
| Khmer | ខ្មោច |
| Kinyarwanda | umweru baringa |
| Konkani | भूत |
| Kyrgyz | арбак |
| Kʼicheʼ | Xib’inel |
| Lao | ຜີ |
| Latvian | spoks |
| Lithuanian | vaiduoklis |
| Lower Sorbian | tšašydło |
| Luxembourgish | Geescht |
| Macedonian | дух |
| Malay | hantu |
| Malayalam | ഭൂതം |
| Maltese | fatat |
| Marathi | भूत |
| Mongolian | сүнс |
| Māori | kēhua |
| Nepali | भूत |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Gost |
| Northern Sotho | sepoko |
| Norwegian | spøkelse |
| Odia | ଭୂତ |
| Oromo | ekeraa |
| Pashto | شيشکه |
| Punjabi | ਭੂਤ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | بھوت |
| Quechua | kuku |
| Romanian | fantomă |
| Romansh | spiert |
| Sardinian | pantasma |
| Scottish Gaelic | taibhse |
| Serbian | дух |
| Serbian (Latin) | duh |
| Shan | ၽဵတ်ႇ |
| Sindhi | ڀوت |
| Sinhala | හොල්මන |
| Slovak | duch |
| Slovenian | duh |
| Somali | reer-aakhiraad |
| Swahili | pepo |
| Tajik | руҳ |
| Tamil | பேய் |
| Telugu | భూతం |
| Tigrinya | መንፈስ |
| Tongan | fakapūloa |
| Tswana | sepoko |
| Turkmen | arwah |
| Upper Sorbian | duch |
| Urdu | بھوت |
| Uyghur | ئالۋاستى |
| Uzbek | arvoh |
| Welsh | ysbryd |
| Wolof | fàntom |
| Xhosa | isiporho |
| Yoruba | òkú |
| Zulu | isipoki |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F47B- HTML
👻- CSS
\1F47B- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F47B}- Python
\U0001F47B- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 91 BB- UTF-16
D83D DC7B- URL encoded
%F0%9F%91%BB
Questions
What does the 👻 ghost emoji mean?
A white, sheet-like ghost with round eyes and a wavy bottom edge. Ghosts, spooky things and Halloween are the obvious subjects, along with a playful 'boo!'. It also stands in for ghosting, meaning someone who vanishes from a conversation or relationship without explanation.
How do I type the 👻 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “ghost”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :ghost:.
When was the 👻 emoji added?
👻 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 👻?
U+1F47B. In HTML you can write 👻, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F47B}.