💀 Meaning – Skull Emoji

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It shows a white skull. It mostly references death, danger, or poison. Skull Emoji could be used to symbolize “kill me”, as in very embarrassed, or “over” something. This emoji could also be used to symbolize Halloween or scary things.

The Skull Emoji appeared in 2010, and also known as the Dead Emoji. Sometimes it is mentioned as the Skull Symbol.

Skull Emoji, Apple style
Apple
Skull Emoji, Microsoft style
Microsoft
Skull Emoji, Samsung style
Samsung
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Browser / Native
Skull Emoji, Emoji One style
Emoji One
Skull Emoji, Facebook style
Facebook Messenger
Skull Emoji, LG style
LG
8-X
ASCII Emoticon

Skull Emoji details

Symbol to copy
Uncode codepoint
U+1F480
Unicode name
Skull
Category
Smileys & People / Fantasy Faces
Keywords
death, face, fairy tale, monster, body
Windows Alt-code
Alt+1F480
Decimal HTML Entity
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Hex HTML Entity
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UTF-16 hex
0xD83D 0xDC80
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull
Version
Unicode 6.0
Year
2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

🌐 Skull Emoji translations

LanguageCLDR NameKeywords
DeutschTotenkopfGesicht, Tod, tot
Françaiscrânecorps, fantastique, mort, visage
Русскийчерепголова, опасность, смерть, страх
Españolcalaveracara, cuento, monstruo, muerte
Italianoteschiofavola, morte, mostro
Portuguêscaveiraconto de fadas, corpo, morte
Polskiczaszkaduch, kościotrup, potwór, śmierć, szkielet, trupia czaszka

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How to type Skull Emoji

There are number of methods to type Skull Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 💀 emoji

It's very easy to get Skull Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 💀 meaning and look at 💀 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

Skull Emoji HTML-entities

HTML entites are intended for using on websites. You can put Skull Emoji html entity code in decimal or hexadecimal form right in your message, and it will be translated into graphical representation of Skull Emoji after you submit.

💀 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

  1. Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.
  2. Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.
  3. Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit
  4. Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.

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