skull Emoji
💀 · U+1F480 · Emoji 0.6
What does the skull emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
The skull emoji 💀 is internet shorthand for "I'm dead" from laughing, meaning something is hilarious. It can also signal danger or a spooky, edgy mood.
How to copy the skull emoji
To use the skull emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F480), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
More about skull
Also known as
skull emoji on different platforms
How the skull emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
skull Emoji Details
| Emoji | 💀 |
| Name | skull |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Codepoints | U+1F480 |
| Shortcode | :skull: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
skull Emoji FAQ
The skull emoji 💀 is internet shorthand for "I'm dead" from laughing, meaning something is hilarious. It can also signal danger or a spooky, edgy mood.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 💀 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F480, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :skull:.
People also search for the skull emoji as body, dead, death, face, fairy.