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
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
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | calavera | calavera, cara, cuento, monstruo, muerte |
| Français | crâne | corps, crâne, dead, fantastique, je suis mort, mort, squelette, tête de mort, visage, yolo |
| Deutsch | Totenkopf | Gesicht, Knochen, Märchen, Schädel, Tod, tot, Totenkopf, yolo |
| Italiano | teschio | cranio, favola, morte, mostro, ossa, pericolo, stanco morto, teschio, umorismo nero, yolo |
| Português | caveira | caveira, conto, corpo, fadas, morte, rosto |
| Nederlands | schedel | dood, doodshoofd, gezicht, monster, schedel, skelet, sprookje |
| Svenska | dödskalle | dödskalle, döskalle |
| Polski | czaszka | czaszka, duch, kościotrup, potwór, śmierć, szkielet, trupia czaszka |
| Türkçe | kafatası | cadılar bayramı, canavar, iskelet, kafatası, masal, ölüm, yüz |
| Русский | череп | кости, мертвый, могила, монстр, смерть, умереть, череп |
| Українська | череп | казка, монстр, обличчя, смерть, тіло, череп |
| Ελληνικά | κρανίο | είμαι νεκρός, θάνατος, κρανίο, νεκρός, παραμύθι, πρόσωπο, σώμα, τέρας |
| العربية | جمجمة | جسم, جمجمة, حدوتة, خرافة, قصة, موت, ميت, وجه, وحش |
| עברית | גולגולת | גולגולת, מוות, מפחיד, פרצוף, שלד |
| فارسی | جمجمه | اسکلت, بدن, جمجمه, جن و پری, صورت, مرگ, هیولا |
| हिन्दी | खोपड़ी | खोपड़ी, चेहरा, परी कथा, शरीर |
| বাংলা | খুলি | খুলি, দানব, মুখ, মৃত্যু, রূপকথা, শরীর |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tengkorak | dongeng, kematian, mati, mati aku, mayat, monster, muka, orang mati, tengkorak, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt | đầu lâu | cái chết, đầu lâu, mặt, quái vật, truyện cổ tích |
| ไทย | หัวกระโหลก | กะโหลก, หัวกระโหลก |
| 日本語 | ドクロ | スカル, ドクロ, 死, 死者, 頭蓋骨, 顔, 骸骨 |
| 한국어 | 해골 | 나 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
| Afrikaans | kopbeen |
|---|---|
| Akan | tikora |
| Albanian | kafkë |
| Amharic | የራስ ቅል ዓፅም |
| Anii | nɖikǝwa |
| Armenian | գանգ |
| Assamese | মুৰৰ খোলা |
| Azerbaijani | kəllə |
| Bashkir | баш һөйәге |
| Basque | buru-hezurra |
| Belarusian | чэрап |
| Bosnian | lobanja |
| Breton | klopenn |
| Bulgarian | череп |
| Burmese | ဦးခေါင်းခွံ |
| Cantonese | 骷髏頭 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 骷髅头 |
| Catalan | crani |
| Cherokee | ᎪᎳᎭ ᎤᏍᎦ |
| Chuvash | пуҫ купташки |
| Croatian | lubanja |
| Czech | lebka |
| Danish | kranium |
| Estonian | kolp |
| Faroese | skøltur |
| Filipino | bungo |
| Finnish | pääkallo |
| Galician | caveira |
| Georgian | თავის ქალა |
| Gujarati | ખોપરી |
| Hausa | ƙoƙon kai |
| Hungarian | koponya |
| Icelandic | hauskúpa |
| Igbo | okpokoro isi |
| Irish | blaosc |
| Javanese | jrangkong |
| Kalaallisut | kranium |
| Kannada | ತಲೆಬುರುಡೆ |
| Kazakh | бас сүйек |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | باس سۇيەك |
| Khmer | ក្បាលខ្មោច |
| Kinyarwanda | igikanka |
| Konkani | कवटी |
| Kyrgyz | баш сөөк |
| Kʼicheʼ | Ujolom kamnaq |
| Lao | ກະໂຫຼກຫົວ |
| Latin American Spanish | cráneo |
| Latvian | galvaskauss |
| Lithuanian | kaukolė |
| Lower Sorbian | nop |
| Luxembourgish | Doudekapp |
| Macedonian | череп |
| Malay | tengkorak |
| Malayalam | തലയോട്ടി |
| Maltese | kranju |
| Marathi | कवटी |
| Mongolian | гавал |
| Māori | angaanga |
| Nepali | खोपडी |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Bon Bón Pát Ọf Hẹd |
| Northern Sotho | marapo a hlogo |
| Norwegian | hodeskalle |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | hovudskalle |
| Odia | ଖପୁରି |
| Oromo | lafee mataa |
| Pashto | کوپړۍ |
| Punjabi | ਖੋਪੜੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | کھوپڑی |
| Quechua | saqru |
| Romanian | craniu |
| Romansh | chavazza da mort |
| Sardinian | calavera |
| Scottish Gaelic | claigeann |
| Serbian | лобања |
| Serbian (Latin) | lobanja |
| Shan | လုပ်ႇၵွၵ်းႁူဝ် |
| Sindhi | کوپڙي |
| Sinhala | මිනී ඔළුව |
| Slovak | lebka |
| Slovenian | mrtvaška glava |
| Somali | laf madaxa |
| Swahili | fuvu |
| Tajik | косахонаи сар |
| Tamil | மண்டை ஓடு |
| Telugu | పుర్రె |
| Tigrinya | ሽክና ርእሲ |
| Tongan | ʻulupoko |
| Tswana | logata |
| Turkmen | kelleçanak |
| Upper Sorbian | nop |
| Urdu | کھوپڑی |
| Uyghur | باش سۆڭەك |
| Uzbek | bosh suyagi |
| Welsh | penglog |
| Wolof | yaxu-bopp |
| Xhosa | ukakayi |
| Yoruba | Ipakọ |
| Yoruba (Benin) | Ipakɔ |
| Zulu | ugebhezi |
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
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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}.