☠️ Skull and Crossbones is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category. Its Unicode code point is U+2620 and it was released in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ☠️ Skull and Crossbones mean?
The ☠️ Skull and Crossbones emoji belongs to the negative group of the Smileys & Emotion category. You will see it in chats and captions related to bone, crossbones, dead, death and face. It was approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :skull_and_crossbones: to insert it.
Skull and Crossbones emoji codes
| Emoji | ☠️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2620 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ☠ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ☠ |
| CSS | \2620 |
| JavaScript | \u{2620} |
| Python | \u2620 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%98%A0 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 98 A0 |
| Shortcode | :skull_and_crossbones: |
How to type ☠️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “skull and crossbones”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “skull and crossbones”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “bone”.
- HTML: write
☠in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Skull and Crossbones keywords
- bone
- crossbones
- dead
- death
- face
- monster
- skull
Frequently asked questions
What does ☠️ mean?
The ☠️ Skull and Crossbones emoji belongs to the negative group of the Smileys & Emotion category. You will see it in chats and captions related to bone, crossbones, dead, death and face. It was approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :skull_and_crossbones: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Skull and Crossbones 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 ☠️ Skull and Crossbones added to Unicode?
Skull and Crossbones was released as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Related Negative emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.