U+1F47B "👻" Ghost Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

👻

U+1F47B "👻" Ghost is a pictographic representation of a classic ghost from folklore and popular culture, typically depicted as a white, sheet-like figure with a rounded head, two black oval eyes, and a wavy, floating tail, often used in digital communication to convey ideas of haunting, spookiness, harmless mischief, or playful fright. Originally added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of the Emoji 1.0 set, it draws from the traditional Halloween or cartoon ghost archetype, distinguishing it from more terrifying supernatural entities by its friendly or comical expression. This emoji allows users to quickly signal a ghostly theme, evoke nostalgia for ghost stories, or lightheartedly reference something eerie, and its widespread adoption across platforms reflects its versatility in expressing both supernatural and humorous tones in text messages, social media, and online chats.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F47B
Version Added 6.0
Name Ghost
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 👻
HTML Hex Encoding 👻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDC7B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F47B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\udc7b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes