The ghost is the internet’s favorite way to say “boo!” without actually scaring anyone—think cute-casper energy, not poltergeist drama. It pops up for Halloween vibes, anything paranormal-adjacent, or whenever you want to signal playful spookiness. In texting, it’s the universal stamp for ghosting—disappearing from a convo, leaving someone on read, or exiting a group chat like a puff of ectoplasm. It also shows up flirtatiously with puns like “hey boo,” or sarcastically when something “so scary” is actually not that deep.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji is a bright white sheet-style ghost with soft shading, big rounded black eyes, a pink tongue sticking out, and little raised “arms” like it’s mid-“boo!” The silhouette is forward-facing with a scalloped hem, smooth gradients, and a cartoony, friendly grin that screams “spooky but sweet.” Those instantly recognizable details—tongue out, googly eyes, arms up—make it feel more like a Halloween costume than an actual haunt.
Culturally, it leans into October aesthetics, #Spooktober posts, and the viral sheet-ghost photoshoot trend. People reference Casper, Pac‑Man ghosts, or the Snapchat ghost logo, and it’s perfect for memes about vanishing acts, lurking, and late-night creaks that were just the cat. Drop it when you bail on plans, tease a mystery drop, or dramatize your disappearance from social media—poof, gone like a friendly phantom.
Definition
A playing ghostly figure with a white sheet and tongue out trying to scare you.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
152 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ghost:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Funny Ghost
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Fairy Tale Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Fairy Tale Symbols
Names & Annotations
GHOST Temporary Notes: Ghost (cute)
Symbol Information
U+1F47B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1AE
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[お化け]
KDDI
#236 お化け 「o化ke」 U+E4CB SJIS-F6A4 JIS-7626
Softbank
#298 #old117 お化け 「o化ke」 U+E11B SJIS-F75B
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e11b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E11B
Decimal Code Point(s)
57627
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE11B
UTF-16 Hex
e11b
UTF-16 Dec
57627
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E11B
UTF-32 Hex
E11B
UTF-32 Dec
57627
Python Src
u"\uE11B"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE11B"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
👻
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
👻
Decimal HTML Entity
👻
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
👻
Hex Code Point(s)
1f47b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F47B
Decimal Code Point(s)
128123
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC7B
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc7b
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56443
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F47B
UTF-32 Hex
01F47B
UTF-32 Dec
128123
Python Src
u"\U0001F47B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC7B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
