Skull and crossbones emoji
A human skull above two crossed bones, the classic symbol of danger, poison and pirates. It shows up for death, hazards, toxic things, pirate themes and Halloween. Jokingly, it can mean dying of laughter, though the plain skull is more common for that.
- Unicode name
- skull and crossbones
- Category
- Smileys & emotion, Angry faces
- Added
- Emoji 1.0 in 2015
- Code points
- U+2620 U+FE0F
- Shortcode
:skull_and_crossbones:- Keywords
- bone, crossbones, dead, death, face, monster, skull
How it looks
Emoji that include ☠️
How to type ☠️
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “skull and crossbones”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “skull and crossbones”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “skull and crossbones”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “skull and crossbones”.
- GitHub
- Type :skull_and_crossbones: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | calavera y huesos cruzados | calavera, calavera y huesos cruzados, cara, huesos, muerte |
| Français | tête de mort | crâne, mort, os, tête, tête de mort |
| Deutsch | Totenkopf mit gekreuzten Knochen | gekreuzt, Gesicht, Knochen, Piratenflagge, Schädel, Tod, tot, Totenkopf |
| Italiano | teschio con ossa incrociate | letale, morte, ossa incrociate, pericolo, pirata, pirati, teschio, teschio con ossa incrociate |
| Português | caveira e ossos cruzados | caveira, morte, ossos, ossos cruzados, pirata |
| Nederlands | doodshoofd met gekruiste beenderen | bot, dood, doodshoofd, gekruiste botten, gezicht, monster, schedel |
| Svenska | dödskalle med ben i kors | benknotor, dödskalle, pirater |
| Polski | czaszka z piszczelami | czaszka, czaszka z piszczelami, duch, kościotrup, piraci, piszczele, potwór, śmierć, szkielet, toksyczne, trupia czaszka |
| Türkçe | kuru kafa | canavar, iskelet, kemik, kuru kafa, ölüm, tehlike, yüz |
| Русский | череп и кости | конец, кости, метка, опасно, пират, смерть, умереть, флаг, череп |
| Українська | череп і кістки | кістки, монстр, обличчя, перехрещені, пірати, скелет, смерть, тіло, череп |
| Ελληνικά | κρανίο με κόκκαλα | θάνατος, κόκκαλο, κρανίο, κρανίο με κόκκαλα, νεκροκεφαλή, νεκρός, οστά χιαστί, πρόσωπο, σώμα, τέρας |
| العربية | جمجمة بعظمتين متصالبتين | جسد, جمجمة, جمجمة بعظمتين متصالبتين, شبح, عظام, عظم, كروس, ميت, وفاة |
| עברית | סמל פיראטים | גולגולת, מוות, מסוכן, מפחיד, סמל פיראטים, שלד |
| فارسی | جمجمه و استخوان صلیبی | استخوان, استخوان صلیبی, جمجمه, جمجمه و استخوان صلیبی, خطر, صورت, علامت, مرگ, هیولا |
| हिन्दी | खतरे या मौत का निशान | खतरे का निशान, खतरे या मौत का निशान, खोपड़ी, मरा हुआ, मृत्यु |
| বাংলা | মাথার খুলি এবং আড়াআড়িভাবে থাকা দু‘টি হাড় | আড়াআড়িভাবে থাকা দু‘টি হাড়, খুলি, দানব, বিপদ, মাথার খুলি এবং আড়াআড়িভাবে থাকা দু‘টি হাড়, মুখ, মৃত্যু, শরীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tengkorak dan tulang | kematian, mati, monster, muka, tengkorak, tengkorak dan tulang, tulang, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt | đầu lâu xương chéo | cái chết, đầu lâu, đầu lâu xương chéo, mặt, quái vật, sọ, xương chéo |
| ไทย | กะโหลกไขว้ | กระดูก, กะโหลก, กะโหลกไขว้, ความตาย, ปิศาจ, อันตราย |
| 日本語 | ドクロと骨 | スカル, ドクロ, ドクロと骨, 死, 顔, 骨, 骸骨 |
| 한국어 | 해골과 뼈다귀 | 몬스터, 뼈, 뼈다귀, 죽은, 죽음, 해골, 해골과 뼈다귀 |
| 中文(简体) | 骷髅 | 交叉股骨, 头骨, 妖怪, 怪物, 死亡, 海盗, 脸, 骨头, 骷髅 |
| 中文(繁體) | 交叉骷髏頭 | 交叉骷髏頭, 死亡, 海盜, 頭殼, 骷髏頭 |
Names in 100 more languages
| Afrikaans | kopbeen en gekruiste beendere |
|---|---|
| Akan | tikora ne nnompe a wɔtwam |
| Albanian | kafkë me kocka të kryqëzuara |
| Amharic | የራስቅል ከተጣመረ ዓፅም ጋር |
| Anii | ʊkono anɖi |
| Armenian | գանգ և խաչված ոսկորներ |
| Assamese | মুৰৰ খোলা বা মুৰৰ খোলাৰ হাড় |
| Azerbaijani | kəllə və sümüklər |
| Bashkir | баш һөйәге һәм һөйәктәр |
| Basque | buru-hezurra eta hezur gurutzatuak |
| Belarusian | чэрап і косці |
| Bosnian | lobanja i ukrštene kosti |
| Breton | klopenn hag eskern kroaziet |
| Bulgarian | Череп с кръстосани кости |
| Burmese | ဦးခေါင်းခွံနှင့် အရိုးကြက်ခြေခတ်ပုံ |
| Cantonese | 骷髏頭同交叉骨 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 骷髅头同交叉骨 |
| Catalan | crani amb ossos |
| Cherokee | ᎪᎳᎭ ᎤᏍᎦ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏓᎿᏫᏓ ᏧᎪᎳ |
| Chuvash | пуҫ шӑммипе пуҫ шӑмми |
| Croatian | lubanja i prekrižene kosti |
| Czech | lebka a zkřížené hnáty |
| Danish | kranium og korslagte knogler |
| Estonian | kolp ja sääreluud |
| Faroese | skøltur og krossleggir |
| Filipino | bungo at crossbones |
| Finnish | pääkallo ja reisiluut |
| Galician | caveira e ósos |
| Georgian | თავის ქალა და გადაჯვარედინებული ძვლები |
| Gujarati | ખોપરી અને હાડકાંની ચોકડી |
| Hausa | ƙoƙon kai da haɗaɗɗun ƙashushuwa |
| Hindi (Latin) | skull aur crossbones |
| Hungarian | koponya csontokkal |
| Icelandic | hauskúpa og beinleggir |
| Igbo | okpokoroisi na ndochiọkpụkpụ |
| Irish | blaosc agus croschnámah |
| Javanese | jrangkong karo balung timpuk |
| Kalaallisut | kranie og korslagte knogler |
| Kannada | ತಲೆಬುುರುಡೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂಳೆಗಳು |
| Kazakh | бас сүйек пен сүйектер |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | باس سۇيەك پەن سۇيەكتەر |
| Khmer | ក្បាលខ្មោចមានឆ្អឹងក្នុងមាត់ |
| Kinyarwanda | igihanga n’amagufamusaraba |
| Konkani | कवटी आनी गुणाकारान दवरिल्लीं हाडां |
| Kyrgyz | баш сөөк жана кайчылашкан сөөктөр |
| Kʼicheʼ | b’aq ukrusim rib’ rech jolomaj chi’l taq b’aq |
| Lao | ກະໂຫຼກຫົວ ແລະກະດູກກາກະບາດ |
| Latin American Spanish | calavera |
| Latvian | miroņgalva |
| Lithuanian | kaukolė ir sukryžiuoti kaulai |
| Lower Sorbian | nop z pśekśicnjonyma kósćoma |
| Luxembourgish | Doudekapp a gekräizt Schanken |
| Macedonian | череп и вкрстени коски |
| Malay | tengkorak dan tulang bersilang |
| Malayalam | അപായം |
| Maltese | kranju u crossbones |
| Marathi | कवटी आणि हाडे |
| Mongolian | гавлын яс |
| Māori | angaanga me ngā kōiwi-whiri |
| Nepali | खोपडी र खतराको चिन्ह |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Bon Bón Pát Ọf Hẹd Wit Tuú Krọ́s Bon-dẹm |
| Northern Sotho | marapo a hlogo le marapo a putlaganego |
| Norwegian | dødningehode |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | daudinghovud |
| Odia | ଖପୁରି ଏବଂ ଛକି ହୋଇ ରହିଥିବା ହାଡ଼ |
| Oromo | lafee mataa fi lafee wal qaxxaamure |
| Pashto | کوپړۍ او اووښتي هډوکي |
| Punjabi | ਖ਼ਤਰੇ ਦਾ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | انتباہ دی علامت اتے کھوپڑی |
| Quechua | saqru chaymanta chakatasqa tullukuna |
| Romanian | craniu cu oase încrucișate |
| Romansh | chavazza da mort simpla cun ossa en crusch |
| Sardinian | calavera cun ossos rugrados |
| Scottish Gaelic | claigeann le cnàmhan |
| Serbian | лобања са укрштеним костима |
| Serbian (Latin) | lobanja sa ukrštenim kostima |
| Shan | လုပ်ႇၵွၵ်းႁူဝ် လႄႈ လုပ်ႇၶႂႆႇၶႃပေ |
| Sindhi | کوپڙي ۽ خطري جي نشاني |
| Sinhala | මිනී ඔළුව සහ හරස් ඇටකටු |
| Slovak | lebka s prekríženými kosťami |
| Slovenian | mrtvaška glava s prekrižanima kostema |
| Somali | laf madaxa iyo iskutallabta |
| Swahili | fuvu na mifupa |
| Tajik | косахонаи сар ва устухонҳо дар шакли салиб |
| Tamil | மண்டை ஓடும் குறுக்காக வைக்கப்பட்ட எலும்புத்துண்டுகளும் |
| Telugu | అపాయకరం |
| Tigrinya | መመሳቕሎ ኣጽምቲ ዘለዎ ሽክና ርእሲ |
| Tongan | ʻulupoko moe ongo hui fehauaki |
| Tswana | logata le marapo a a fapaantsweng |
| Turkmen | kelleçanak we atanak süňk |
| Upper Sorbian | nop ze skřižowanymaj kosćomaj |
| Urdu | کراس شدہ ہڈیوں کے ساتھ کھوپڑی |
| Uyghur | باش سۆڭەك ۋە ئۇستىخان |
| Uzbek | bosh suyagi va suyaklar |
| Welsh | penglog ac esgyrn croes |
| Wolof | kraan and yax yu kruwaase |
| Xhosa | ukakayi namathambo anqamlezileyo |
| Yoruba | ìpàkọ́ àti àwọn egun àgbélébù |
| Yoruba (Benin) | ìpàkɔ́ àti àwɔn egun àgbélébù |
| Zulu | ugebhezi namathambo |
Codes
- Code points
U+2620 U+FE0F- HTML
☠️- CSS
\2620\FE0F- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2620}\u{FE0F}- Python
\u2620\uFE0F- UTF-8 bytes
E2 98 A0 EF B8 8F- UTF-16
2620 FE0F- URL encoded
%E2%98%A0%EF%B8%8F
Questions
What does the ☠️ skull and crossbones emoji mean?
A human skull above two crossed bones, the classic symbol of danger, poison and pirates. It shows up for death, hazards, toxic things, pirate themes and Halloween. Jokingly, it can mean dying of laughter, though the plain skull is more common for that.
How do I type the ☠️ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “skull and crossbones”. 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 :skull_and_crossbones:.
When was the ☠️ emoji added?
☠️ was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.
What is the Unicode code point for ☠️?
U+2620 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ☠️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2620}\u{FE0F}.