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👻 Ghost
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👻 Emoji meaning
Boo! Cute ghost, Halloween, spooky.
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👻 Meaning
The funny-smiling ghost is too cute to frighten others or cause harm. Symbol for Halloween or jokingly for creepy things, e.g. movies.
Examples
- You scared me! 👻
- Are you still awake? 👻
- It's getting a little spooky tonight. 👻
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Commonly confused with
Same Emotion
Smiling face with horns vs ghost; both playful Halloween-style spooky faces.
Skull vs ghost; both Halloween/death-related spooky symbols.
Ghost vs alien; both non-human heads used for weird or spooky situations.
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 “Ghost” 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.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ boo + excited + fairy + fairytale + halloween + haunting + scary + silly + tale
Keywords removed
- fairy tale
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ ghost
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ creature + face + fairy tale + fantasy + monster
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- ghost
