Alien is a grey extraterrestrial head. 👽️ Alien is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F47D and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 👽️ Alien mean?
Alien is a grey extraterrestrial head. It is used for UFOs, sci-fi and space, or for feeling weird, out of place or "not from this planet."
👽️ is the Alien emoji, listed under Smileys & Emotion → Costumed & Creatures in the Unicode emoji standard. You will see it in chats and captions related to creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy and fairytale. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :alien: to insert it.
Alien emoji codes
| Emoji | 👽️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F47D |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 👽 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 👽 |
| CSS | \1F47D |
| JavaScript | \u{1F47D} |
| Python | \U0001F47D |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%91%BD |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 BD |
| Shortcode | :alien: |
How to type 👽️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “alien”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “alien”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “alien”.
- HTML: write
👽in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Alien keywords
- creature
- extraterrestrial
- face
- fairy
- fairytale
- fantasy
- monster
- space
- tale
- ufo
Frequently asked questions
What does 👽️ mean?
Alien is a grey extraterrestrial head. It is used for UFOs, sci-fi and space, or for feeling weird, out of place or "not from this planet."
How do I copy and paste the Alien emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 👽️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 👽️ Alien added to Unicode?
Alien was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Costumed & Creatures emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.