Skull Emoji
Copy 💀 with one click, or read what it means and how to type it below.
What does 💀 mean?
Shorthand for “I am dead” — meaning something was so funny it killed you. Almost never used to signal actual death or danger.
💀 is the skull emoji. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, in the face negative set, and was approved as part of Emoji 0.6.
People also search for it as body, dead, death, face, fairy, fairytale, i’m, lmao, monster, tale.
How to use 💀
The dominant comedy reaction among younger users, having largely displaced 😂. Often repeated for emphasis: 💀💀💀.
Click the copy button above to put 💀 on your clipboard, then paste it anywhere Unicode is supported — WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Slack, email, or a document. On Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :skull: directly.
Good to know
Unrelated to ☠️ (skull and crossbones), which does carry warning and poison connotations. Mixing them up changes the message completely.
Technical details
| Name | Skull |
|---|---|
| Character | 💀 |
| Codepoint | U+1F480 |
| HTML entity | 💀 |
| CSS code | \1F480 |
| Shortcode | :skull: |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subgroup | face negative |
| Emoji version | Emoji 0.6 |
| Keywords | body, dead, death, face, fairy, fairytale, i’m, lmao, monster, tale, yolo |