skull and crossbones Emoji
☠️ · U+2620 U+FE0F · Emoji 1.0
What does the skull and crossbones emoji mean?
A symbol of danger or death, the ☠️ emoji represents a skull and crossbones, often used to signify warning, poison, or toxicity. Figuratively, it can also represent a high level of risk or a potentially deadly situation. In slang usage, the ☠️ emoji is sometimes used to express that something is so bad or annoying it's "killing" the speaker, or to jokingly threaten someone.
skull and crossbones emoji examples
- just ate a bad tuna sandwich ☠️
- this homework is ☠️ my social life
How to copy the skull and crossbones emoji
To use the skull and crossbones emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+2620 U+FE0F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
skull and crossbones emoji on different platforms
How the skull and crossbones emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji). See image credits.
skull and crossbones Emoji Details
| Emoji | ☠️ |
| Name | skull and crossbones |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Codepoints | U+2620 U+FE0F |
| Shortcode | :skull_and_crossbones: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
skull and crossbones Emoji FAQ
It is U+2620 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :skull_and_crossbones:.
People also search for the skull and crossbones emoji as bone, crossbones, dead, death, face.