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👹 Ogre
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👹 Emoji meaning
Japanese Oni demon, hell spirit, New Year's Eve tradition.
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👹 Meaning
The Oni represents a demon and spirit of hell in Japanese mythology. An ugly figure with horns, chasing evil souls. Traditional disguise on New Year's Eve to ward off evil spirits.
Examples
- Who dressed up like that? 👹
- Movie night was seriously creepy. 👹
- That New Year's costume looks wild! 👹
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Ogre vs goblin; both red mask-like monster faces from Japanese folklore.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Ogre” 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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+ devil + fairy + fairytale + mask + scary + tale
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- fairy tale
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ ogre
In the release of Emoji 4.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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- Japanese
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ creature + face + fairy tale + fantasy + Japanese + monster
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- ogre
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Ash My ex-boyfriend was such a devil 👹️.
Kevin Use this emoji to highlight terrific jokes or ones with double meanings.