☠️Death's Head Emoji

☠️ Skull and crossbones

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☠️ Emoji meaning

Better safe than sorry! Death, danger, poison, warning.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details
  7.  Comments

☠️ Meaning

Be careful! The death's head with crossed bones is a symbol of death. A warning sign for toxic substances and hazards.

Examples

  • Don't touch that! ☠️
  • This looks like trouble. ☠️
  • Is this still safe to eat? ☠️

Learn more about the meaning

Commonly confused with

Flag Pair

Skull and crossbones
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Black flag

Black flag vs skull and crossbones; both pirate/rebellion style symbols.

Same Emotion

Skull and crossbones
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Skull

Skull vs skull and crossbones; both indicate death, danger, or pirates.

Skull and crossbones
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Bomb

Skull and crossbones vs bomb; both danger or deadly threat icons.

ZWJ Sequence

Skull and crossbones
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Pirate flag

Pirate flag vs skull and crossbones; both stand for pirates, danger, or toxic content.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Skull and crossbones” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0.

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bone + dead

Keywords removed

- skull and crossbones

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ skull and crossbones

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ crossbones + death + face + monster + skull

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- crossbones

Similar emojis from "Concerned and Negative"

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Concerned and Negative
😕 Confused face 🫤 Face with diagonal mouth 😟 Worried face 🙁 Slightly frowning face ☹️ Frowning face 🫪 Distorted face 😮 Face with open mouth 😯 Hushed face 😲 Astonished face 😳 Flushed face 🥺 Pleading face 🥹 Face holding back tears 😦 Frowning face with open mouth 😧 Anguished face 😨 Fearful face 😰 Anxious face with sweat 😥 Sad but relieved face 😢 Crying face 😭 Loudly crying face 😱 Face screaming in fear 😖 Confounded face 😣 Persevering face 😞 Disappointed face 😓 Downcast face with sweat 😩 Weary face 😫 Tired face 😤 Face with steam from nose 😡 Enraged face 😠 Angry face 🤬 Face with symbols on mouth
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Comments

(1) Comment

  • Sometimes used to exaggerate a laughing posture, as in "I'm dead," because it's so funny.