Emoji
(SKULL): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(SKULL), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji SKULL
- Unicode Name
- SKULL
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F480
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
- Subcategory
- face-negative
- Slug
- skull
Meaning and description of emoticon 💀
💀 depicts a white human skull with large eye sockets and a row of teeth — the classic symbol of death. Classified under Smileys & Emotion in Unicode.
💀 in chat conveys shock, dark humor, and the reaction "that finished me off" — "I couldn't take it" or "that finished me." It's often used with 😂, 😭, or ⚰️, and in conversation it reads as "After that comment I just shut down 💀" and works best in dark humor and exaggerated reactions. A skull often signifies not literal death but the ultimate degree of shock or laughter.
Usage Examples 💀
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :skull: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :skull: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :skull: | |
| HTML Dec | 💀 | |
| HTML Hex | 💀 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F480"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F480 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83D\uDC80 | |
| Perl | \x{1F480} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F480} | |
| Punycode | xn--fr8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%92%80 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 92 80 |