The skull and crossbones is the drama queen of danger signs—perfect for when a take is so toxic it needs a hazmat suit or when that hot sauce felt like a boss-level mistake. It screams pirate energy, poison labels, and “I’m dead fr” with extra theatrical flair compared to the chill, meme-y plain skull. People toss it into texts for cursed content, lethal jokes, Halloween captions, metal vibes, or to declare a workout/spicy ramen/midnight email as a fatal encounter. It’s also the go-to for sarcastic “do not touch” warnings and edgy humor that winks while it menaces.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a crisp white-gray skull with deep black eye sockets, a triangular nose hole, and tidy teeth, set in front of two bright white bones crossed in an X behind the jaw. The styling has subtle 3D shading and a face-forward, poster-clean look—think comic-book danger sticker meets lab-shelf poison label. Culturally, it channels the Jolly Roger legacy on pirate flags and those vintage “don’t drink this” bottles, so it comes pre-loaded with mischief and menace. Online, it’s used dramatically, sarcastically, and even flirtatiously—“your playlist? ☠️”—and often paired with spooky or pirate themes for meme-ready punch.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 305 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 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) | 2620 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2620 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9760 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA0 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 98 A0 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 230 240 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2620 |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2620 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9760 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002620 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2620 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9760 |
| Python Src | u"\u2620" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x98\xa0" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2620" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | ☠️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | ☠️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | ☠ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | ☠ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 2620, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+2620, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 9760, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA0, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | E2 98 A0, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 342 230 240, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x2620, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | 2620, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 9760, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x00002620 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 2620, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 9760, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\u2620\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xe2\x98\xa0\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\u2620\uFE0F" |
