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☠️ Skull and crossbones
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☠️ Emoji meaning
Better safe than sorry! Death, danger, poison, warning.
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☠️ 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? ☠️
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Commonly confused with
Flag Pair
Black flag vs skull and crossbones; both pirate/rebellion style symbols.
Same Emotion
ZWJ Sequence
Pirate flag vs skull and crossbones; both stand for pirates, danger, or toxic content.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst 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
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Neo Sometimes used to exaggerate a laughing posture, as in "I'm dead," because it's so funny.