The angry face with horns is the internet’s go-to for “I am not just mad—I’m in villain arc mode.” Think purple demon energy with a scowl: perfect for roasting a terrible take, announcing a petty revenge plot, or dramatizing that moment when your Wi‑Fi drops at 1% left in the ranked match. It’s often used for big-mad reactions, mock-menace, and meme captions like “my villain origin story” or “I woke up and chose violence.” Sarcastically, people drop it after lightweight grievances—like a wrong coffee order—to signal theatrical rage without actual smoke.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy, front-facing purple orb with short silver-gray horns, a deep frown, tight eyebrows pinched downward, and that polished 3D gradient Apple loves. The expression is unmistakably cranky—no grin, just pure “final boss in a mood” vibes. Don’t confuse it with the smiling face with horns (the mischievous, flirty troublemaker); this one is the scowling sibling you tag for wrath, rivalry, and full-on boss music. You’ll spot it in sports trash talk, metal or Halloween posts, or anytime someone wants to add a little infernal emphasis to their clapback.
Definition
The emoji has horns so which look vengeful but it is a Cute Devil Emoji, so don't worry.
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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)
255 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:imp:
Keywords
Cute, Devil
Previous Names:
Imp
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
IMP Temporary Notes: Devil (cute)
Symbol Information
U+1F47F proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1B2
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[アクマ]
KDDI
#277 悪魔 U+E4EF SJIS-F6C8 JIS-764A
Softbank
#297 #old116 悪魔 U+E11A SJIS-F75A
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f47f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F47F
Decimal Code Point(s)
128127
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBF
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 BF
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 277
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC7F
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc7f
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56447
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F47F
UTF-32 Hex
01F47F
UTF-32 Dec
128127
Python Src
u"\U0001F47F"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xbf"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC7F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
