U+2620 U+FE0F "☠️" Skull and Crossbones Emoji
Unicode Version 18.0
☠️
Source: Browser Default
The "U+2620 U+FE0F "☠️" Skull and Crossbones" emoji is a Basic Emoji that depicts a human skull with two crossed bones beneath it, historically associated with piracy, danger, poison warnings, and mortality. In modern digital use, it often conveys death, extreme laughter, toxicity, or something fatal or hazardous. It supports skin tone modifiers in some contexts and commonly appears in games, memes, and safety labels. Its meaning shifts with context, ranging from literal threat to humorous exaggeration, but it consistently signals serious risk, finality, or dark comedy.
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Emoji Components
Emoji Properties
Emoji Name
Skull and Crossbones
Emoji Sequence Type
Basic Emoji
Emoji Version
Emoji 1.0
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
☠️
HTML Hex Encoding
☠️
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x98 0xA0 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2620 0xFE0F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002620 0x0000FE0F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2620\ufe0f