Copy and paste the Ghost emoji (👻) in one click. Explore its Smileys & Emotion meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F47B).
Unicode Definition: A cartoon white ghost with a rounded sheet silhouette, making a goofy face with tongue sticking out and arms outstretched.
Context & Expression: Signifies fun spookiness, Halloween, playfulness, or the dating/social slang 'getting ghosted'.
Context Tip: Pairing Ghost (👻) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Extremely common in dating culture to describe someone abruptly ceasing all communication ('he ghosted me 👻').
Combine 👻 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Ghost emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
Did that guy from the weekend ever text you back about plans?
Completely disappeared off the face of the earth 👻 vanished into thin air
His loss entirely, let's grab brunch together instead!
Apple shows one larger cartoon eye and pink tongue; Google features a smiling symmetrical ghost; Microsoft includes a black outlined wavy tail.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 👻 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 👻 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 👻 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 👻 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 👻 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 👻 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Ghost |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F47B |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 👻 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 👻 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F47B |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F47B} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 91 BB |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :ghost: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Smileys & Emotion (special) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Signifies fun spookiness, Halloween, playfulness, or the dating/social slang 'getting ghosted'. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Extremely common in dating culture to describe someone abruptly ceasing all communication ('he ghosted me 👻').
Click the "Copy Emoji (👻)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F47B (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 👻 or 👻; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F47B"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F47B}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :ghost:.
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