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🎃 Jack-o-lantern
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🎃 Emoji meaning
Trick or treat! Jack-o'-lantern, Halloween, Irish tradition.
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🎃 Meaning
Trick or treat! A candle is placed in a hollowed-out pumpkin with a grimace. The Halloween tradition was brought to the US by Irish immigrants. The emoji is usually sent as a symbol for Halloween.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Jack-o-lantern vs ghost; both Halloween symbols used interchangeably in spooky contexts.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Jack-o-lantern” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ pumpkin
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ jack-o-lantern
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ celebration + halloween + jack + lantern
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- halloween - jack
