Copy and paste the Skull 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+1F480).
Unicode Definition: A human skull with sunken black eye sockets and visible teeth.
Context & Expression: Literally represents death, danger, or mortality; in modern slang, it indicates extreme, uncontrollable amusement.
Context Tip: Pairing Skull (💀) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Among Gen-Z and across TikTok, Instagram, Discord, and X, the skull emoji has almost entirely replaced the traditional laughing emoji (😂). It signifies 'I'm dead' (i.e. 'I am dying of laughter' or 'that joke killed me'). Often spammed in multiples like 💀💀💀.
Combine 💀 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Skull emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
I just waved back at someone who was actually waving at the person behind me
NO WAY 💀💀💀 I would have left the country immediately
Apple's skull has realistic shaded bone contours; Google has a rounded, cartoonish face; Twitter/X features a lighter grey skull with stylized tooth ridges.
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 | Skull |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F480 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 💀 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 💀 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F480 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F480} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 92 80 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :skull: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Smileys & Emotion (face-unwell) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Literally represents death, danger, or mortality; in modern slang, it indicates extreme, uncontrollable amusement. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Among Gen-Z and across TikTok, Instagram, Discord, and X, the skull emoji has almost entirely replaced the traditional laughing emoji (😂). It signifies 'I'm dead' (i.e. 'I am dying of laughter' or 'that joke killed me'). Often spammed in multiples like 💀💀💀.
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+1F480 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 💀 or 💀; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F480"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F480}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :skull:.
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