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👺 Goblin
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👺 Emoji meaning
Japanese mythical goblin, supernatural powers, bad luck, long nose.
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👺 Meaning
The Tengu (literally: heavenly dog) is an evil and magical being from Japan. Has supernatural powers and brings forth disaster. The red mask has eyebrows and a beard and a noticeably long nose.
Examples
- Okay, that’s actually creepy! 👺
- You look really grumpy today. 👺
- Why are you giving me that look? 👺
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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 “Goblin” 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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Keywords added
+ angry + fairy + fairytale + mask + mean + tale
Keywords removed
- fairy tale
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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Keywords added
+ goblin
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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Keywords added
+ 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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- goblin
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Comments
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Liza It shows trouble.