# 👻 Ghost emoji

👻 Ghost is an emoji in the costume faces set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: boo, creature, excited, face, fairy and fairytale.

- Emoji: 👻
- Unicode name: ghost
- Code points: U+1F47B
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Costume faces
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :ghost:
- Keywords: boo, creature, excited, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, ghost, halloween, haunting, monster, scary, silly, tale
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ghost-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | fantasma | cara, criatura, cuento, fantasma, monstruo |
| Français (fr) | fantôme | blague, bouh, créature, effrayant, fantastique, fantôme, Halloween, hanter, monstre, peur, visage, visage de fantôme |
| Deutsch (de) | Gespenst | buh, Fantasy, Geist, Gesicht, Gespenst, gruselig, Halloween, Märchen, Spuk, Zunge |
| Italiano (it) | fantasma | creatura, fantasmino, favola, fiaba, halloween, horror, mostro, paura, scherzetto, scherzo, sciocco, storie di fantasmi, stregare, stregato, terrore |
| Português (pt) | fantasma | assombração, assombrado, buu, conto, fadas, fantasma, halloween, rosto |
| Nederlands (nl) | spook | boe, fantasie, geest, gezicht, halloween, monster, spook, spook met tong uit mond, sprookje, uitgestoken tong, wezen |
| Svenska (sv) | spöke | ansikte, saga, spöke |
| Polski (pl) | duch | biały, buźka, duch, duszek, halloween, język, potwór, wesoły duch |
| Türkçe (tr) | hayalet | cadılar bayramı, hayalet, öcü, peri masalı, yüz |
| Русский (ru) | привидение | подмигнуть, привидение, призрак, смешной, улыбка, хэллоуин |
| Українська (uk) | привид | казка, каспер, монстр, обличчя, привид, створіння, фантазія |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φάντασμα | ανόητος, αστείος, ενθουσιασμένος, μπου, παραμύθι, πλάσμα, πρόσωπο, στοιχειωμένος, τέρας, τρομακτικός, φαντασία, φάντασμα, Χάλογουιν |
| العربية (ar) | شبح | جني, حدوتة, خرافة, شبح, قصة, مخيف, مسكون, هلوين, وجه |
| עברית (he) | רוח רפאים | יצור, לשון, מוות, מחייך, פרצוף, רוח רפאים |
| فارسی (fa) | روح | جانور, جن و پری, روح, صورت, فانتزی, هیولا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | भूत | चेहरा, परी कथा, प्रेत, भूत, हेलोवीन |
| বাংলা (bn) | ভূত | কল্পনা, দানব, দুষ্টু ভূত, বুনো জীব, ভূত, মুখ, রূপকথা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | hantu | arwah, dongeng, fantasi, halloween, hantu, konyol, monster, muka, seram, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ma | ma, mặt, quái vật, sinh vật, truyện cổ tích, tưởng tượng |
| ไทย (th) | ผี | น่ากลัว, นิทาน, ผี, หลอก, หลอน, ฮาโลวีน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 유령 | 고스트, 귀신, 귀신얼굴, 동화, 어이없는, 얼굴, 유령, 판타지, 할로윈, 흥분한 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鬼 | 万圣节, 妖怪, 幻想, 幽灵, 怪物, 神话故事, 脸, 鬼, 鬼脸 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鬼 | 幽靈, 萬聖節, 鬧鬼, 鬼, 鬼臉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): spook
- Akan (ak): saman
- Albanian (sq): fantazmë
- Amharic (am): የሙት መንፈስ
- Anii (blo): ʊkonso
- Armenian (hy): ուրվական
- Assamese (as): ভূত
- Azerbaijani (az): ruh
- Bashkir (ba): өрәк
- Basque (eu): mamua
- Belarusian (be): прывід
- Bosnian (bs): duh
- Breton (br): tasmant
- Bulgarian (bg): призрак
- Burmese (my): တစ္ဆေ
- Cantonese (yue): 鬼
- Catalan (ca): fantasma
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏥᏍᎩᎵ
- Chuvash (cv): мӗлке
- Croatian (hr): duh
- Czech (cs): duch
- Danish (da): spøgelse
- Estonian (et): kummitus
- Faroese (fo): gálvandi spøkilsi
- Filipino (fil): multo
- Finnish (fi): kummitus
- Galician (gl): pantasma
- Georgian (ka): მოჩვენება
- Gujarati (gu): ભૂત
- Hausa (ha): fatalwa
- Hungarian (hu): szellem
- Icelandic (is): draugur
- Igbo (ig): mmụọ
- Irish (ga): taibhse
- Javanese (jv): pocongan
- Kalaallisut (kl): spøgelse
- Kannada (kn): ದೆವ್ವ
- Kazakh (kk): елес
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ەلەس
- Khmer (km): ខ្មោច
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umweru baringa
- Konkani (kok): भूत
- Kyrgyz (ky): арбак
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Xib’inel
- Lao (lo): ຜີ
- Latvian (lv): spoks
- Lithuanian (lt): vaiduoklis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tšašydło
- Luxembourgish (lb): Geescht
- Macedonian (mk): дух
- Malay (ms): hantu
- Malayalam (ml): ഭൂതം
- Maltese (mt): fatat
- Marathi (mr): भूत
- Mongolian (mn): сүнс
- Māori (mi): kēhua
- Nepali (ne): भूत
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Gost
- Northern Sotho (nso): sepoko
- Norwegian (no): spøkelse
- Odia (or): ଭୂତ
- Oromo (om): ekeraa
- Pashto (ps): شيشکه
- Punjabi (pa): ਭੂਤ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بھوت
- Quechua (qu): kuku
- Romanian (ro): fantomă
- Romansh (rm): spiert
- Sardinian (sc): pantasma
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): taibhse
- Serbian (sr): дух
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): duh
- Shan (shn): ၽဵတ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڀوت
- Sinhala (si): හොල්මන
- Slovak (sk): duch
- Slovenian (sl): duh
- Somali (so): reer-aakhiraad
- Swahili (sw): pepo
- Tajik (tg): руҳ
- Tamil (ta): பேய்
- Telugu (te): భూతం
- Tigrinya (ti): መንፈስ
- Tongan (to): fakapūloa
- Tswana (tn): sepoko
- Turkmen (tk): arwah
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): duch
- Urdu (ur): بھوت
- Uyghur (ug): ئالۋاستى
- Uzbek (uz): arvoh
- Welsh (cy): ysbryd
- Wolof (wo): fàntom
- Xhosa (xh): isiporho
- Yoruba (yo): òkú
- Zulu (zu): isipoki

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/ghost-emoji