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💀U+1F480

Skull emoji

A human skull. Death, danger, spooky themes and Halloween are its literal meanings. It is also widely used as slang for 'I'm dead', meaning something is so funny, embarrassing or shocking that it left you figuratively dead, often in place of a laughing face.

Unicode name
skull
Category
Smileys & emotion, Angry faces
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F480
Shortcode
:skull:
Keywords
body, dead, death, face, fairy, fairytale, i’m, lmao, monster, skull, tale, yolo

How it looks

💀
Your device
Skull emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Skull emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Skull emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 💀

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “skull”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “skull”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “skull”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “skull”.
GitHub
Type :skull: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolcalaveracalavera, cara, cuento, monstruo, muerte
Françaiscrânecorps, crâne, dead, fantastique, je suis mort, mort, squelette, tête de mort, visage, yolo
DeutschTotenkopfGesicht, Knochen, Märchen, Schädel, Tod, tot, Totenkopf, yolo
Italianoteschiocranio, favola, morte, mostro, ossa, pericolo, stanco morto, teschio, umorismo nero, yolo
Portuguêscaveiracaveira, conto, corpo, fadas, morte, rosto
Nederlandsschedeldood, doodshoofd, gezicht, monster, schedel, skelet, sprookje
Svenskadödskalledödskalle, döskalle
Polskiczaszkaczaszka, duch, kościotrup, potwór, śmierć, szkielet, trupia czaszka
Türkçekafatasıcadılar bayramı, canavar, iskelet, kafatası, masal, ölüm, yüz
Русскийчерепкости, мертвый, могила, монстр, смерть, умереть, череп
Українськачерепказка, монстр, обличчя, смерть, тіло, череп
Ελληνικάκρανίοείμαι νεκρός, θάνατος, κρανίο, νεκρός, παραμύθι, πρόσωπο, σώμα, τέρας
العربيةجمجمةجسم, جمجمة, حدوتة, خرافة, قصة, موت, ميت, وجه, وحش
עבריתגולגולתגולגולת, מוות, מפחיד, פרצוף, שלד
فارسیجمجمهاسکلت, بدن, جمجمه, جن و پری, صورت, مرگ, هیولا
हिन्दीखोपड़ीखोपड़ी, चेहरा, परी कथा, शरीर
বাংলাখুলিখুলি, দানব, মুখ, মৃত্যু, রূপকথা, শরীর
Bahasa Indonesiatengkorakdongeng, kematian, mati, mati aku, mayat, monster, muka, orang mati, tengkorak, wajah
Tiếng Việtđầu lâucái chết, đầu lâu, mặt, quái vật, truyện cổ tích
ไทยหัวกระโหลกกะโหลก, หัวกระโหลก
日本語ドクロスカル, ドクロ, 死, 死者, 頭蓋骨, 顔, 骸骨
한국어해골나 죽었어, 동화, 몸, 얼굴, 요정이야기, 욜로, 죽음, 진짜 웃겨, 해골, 해골 바가지
中文(简体)头骨头骨, 妖怪, 怪兽, 死亡, 神话故事, 脸, 身体, 骷髅
中文(繁體)骷髏頭怪物, 頭骨, 骷髏, 骷髏頭
Names in 99 more languages
Afrikaanskopbeen
Akantikora
Albaniankafkë
Amharicየራስ ቅል ዓፅም
Aniinɖikǝwa
Armenianգանգ
Assameseমুৰৰ খোলা
Azerbaijanikəllə
Bashkirбаш һөйәге
Basqueburu-hezurra
Belarusianчэрап
Bosnianlobanja
Bretonklopenn
Bulgarianчереп
Burmeseဦးခေါင်းခွံ
Cantonese骷髏頭
Cantonese (Simplified)骷髅头
Catalancrani
CherokeeᎪᎳᎭ ᎤᏍᎦ
Chuvashпуҫ купташки
Croatianlubanja
Czechlebka
Danishkranium
Estoniankolp
Faroeseskøltur
Filipinobungo
Finnishpääkallo
Galiciancaveira
Georgianთავის ქალა
Gujaratiખોપરી
Hausaƙoƙon kai
Hungariankoponya
Icelandichauskúpa
Igbookpokoro isi
Irishblaosc
Javanesejrangkong
Kalaallisutkranium
Kannadaತಲೆಬುರುಡೆ
Kazakhбас сүйек
Kazakh (Arabic)باس سۇيەك
Khmerក្បាលខ្មោច
Kinyarwandaigikanka
Konkaniकवटी
Kyrgyzбаш сөөк
KʼicheʼUjolom kamnaq
Laoກະໂຫຼກຫົວ
Latin American Spanishcráneo
Latviangalvaskauss
Lithuaniankaukolė
Lower Sorbiannop
LuxembourgishDoudekapp
Macedonianчереп
Malaytengkorak
Malayalamതലയോട്ടി
Maltesekranju
Marathiकवटी
Mongolianгавал
Māoriangaanga
Nepaliखोपडी
Nigerian PidginBon Bón Pát Ọf Hẹd
Northern Sothomarapo a hlogo
Norwegianhodeskalle
Norwegian Nynorskhovudskalle
Odiaଖପୁରି
Oromolafee mataa
Pashtoکوپړۍ
Punjabiਖੋਪੜੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)کھوپڑی
Quechuasaqru
Romaniancraniu
Romanshchavazza da mort
Sardiniancalavera
Scottish Gaelicclaigeann
Serbianлобања
Serbian (Latin)lobanja
Shanလုပ်ႇၵွၵ်းႁူဝ်
Sindhiکوپڙي
Sinhalaමිනී ඔළුව
Slovaklebka
Slovenianmrtvaška glava
Somalilaf madaxa
Swahilifuvu
Tajikкосахонаи сар
Tamilமண்டை ஓடு
Teluguపుర్రె
Tigrinyaሽክና ርእሲ
Tonganʻulupoko
Tswanalogata
Turkmenkelleçanak
Upper Sorbiannop
Urduکھوپڑی
Uyghurباش سۆڭەك
Uzbekbosh suyagi
Welshpenglog
Wolofyaxu-bopp
Xhosaukakayi
YorubaIpakọ
Yoruba (Benin)Ipakɔ
Zuluugebhezi

Codes

Code points
U+1F480
HTML
💀
CSS
\1F480
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F480}
Python
\U0001F480
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 92 80
UTF-16
D83D DC80
URL encoded
%F0%9F%92%80

Questions

What does the 💀 skull emoji mean?

A human skull. Death, danger, spooky themes and Halloween are its literal meanings. It is also widely used as slang for 'I'm dead', meaning something is so funny, embarrassing or shocking that it left you figuratively dead, often in place of a laughing face.

How do I type the 💀 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “skull”. 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:.

When was the 💀 emoji added?

💀 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 💀?

U+1F480. In HTML you can write 💀, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F480}.

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