CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files eleven emoji under Halloween: Jack-o-lantern, Ghost, Black cat, two sweets and six of the undead. Below sit 64 more for Halloween emojis copy and paste, from a witch's kit to ASCII art.
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No witch, but five files under the word
Witch emoji copy and paste comes with a catch: no emoji is named witch, and no Unicode character has the word in its name. CLDR files five emoji under it: Mage, Man mage, Woman mage, Magic wand and Broom. Nothing is filed under cauldron or potion, so Pot of food and Alembic stand in.
The undead, counted
Zombie emoji copy and paste has three tiles to choose from, and vampire emoji copy and paste has three more. CLDR files five emoji under vampire, the other two being Bat and Coffin. The vampires and mages take a skin tone, six tiles in all. The zombies take none.
Tips
Halloween symbols copy and paste where emoji are refused: seven are plain characters, including two cauldrons and a map's headstone.
CLDR files nothing under spooky, so spooky symbols copy and paste means our five keyboard drawings, witch hat to mummy.
Black cat, Magic wand and Headstone are the newest, Emoji 13.0. The ASCII witch and mummy want a monospaced font.
Questions and answers
How many Halloween emoji are there?
Eleven, by CLDR's filing, and the bat is not one of them. Jack-o-lantern is the only character whose Unicode notes say Halloween, and none has the word in its name. The pumpkin, the ghost and the bat have pages of their own.
Is a black cat bad luck?
That depends on the country. CLDR files Black cat under unlucky, while Wikipedia's Black cat article says that in England one crossing your path is considered good luck. The emoji is a sum: the cat emoji joined to a black square.
Why are there no pumpkin or ghost drawings here?
Because they live elsewhere. The drawings here are a witch on a broom, a coffin, fangs, a mummy and a bowl on the porch, which Wikipedia's Trick-or-treating article says some houses leave out on the honour system. Halloween ASCII art has the pumpkins.
๐โโฌBlack catU+1F408 U+200D U+2B1B. A sum: the cat emoji joined to a black square. CLDR files it under unlucky. Wikipedia's Black cat article says that in England one crossing your path is considered good luck. Emoji 13.0.
๐ฌCandyU+1F36C. Filed under halloween, and also under cavities. Emoji 0.6.
๐ซChocolate barU+1F36B. The other sweet on the list of eleven. Emoji 0.6.
๐ปGhostU+1F47B. CLDR files it under boo, haunting and silly. Unicode keeps it among the faces in costume, between the goblin and the alien. Emoji 0.6.
๐Jack-o-lanternU+1F383. First in Unicode's event section, and the one character whose Unicode notes say Halloween. No character has the word in its name. Emoji 0.6.
๐งโโ๏ธMan vampireU+1F9DB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The same filing as the vampire, plus the word man. Emoji 5.0.
๐งโโ๏ธMan zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The same filing as the zombie, plus the word man. Emoji 5.0.
๐งVampireU+1F9DB. Filed under fangs and undead. The vampires take a skin tone, which the zombies do not. Emoji 5.0.
๐งโโ๏ธWoman vampireU+1F9DB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. The same filing as the vampire, plus the word woman. Emoji 5.0.
๐งโโ๏ธWoman zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. The same filing as the zombie, plus the word woman. Emoji 5.0.
๐งZombieU+1F9DF. Filed under walking, undead and apocalypse. Wikipedia's Zombie article calls it an undead being from Haitian folklore. No skin tones: Unicode gives the zombies none. Emoji 5.0.
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The witch and her kit 8
โ๏ธAlembicU+2697 U+FE0F. CLDR files nothing under potion either. This is filed under chemistry, which is the same thing with paperwork. It has a text form. Emoji 1.0.
๐งนBroomU+1F9F9. CLDR gives it four words: broom, cleaning, sweeping and witch. Wikipedia's Broom article calls it a symbolic object associated with witchcraft. Emoji 11.0.
๐ฎCrystal ballU+1F52E. Filed under fortune and future. Not under witch, which seems an oversight. Emoji 0.6.
๐งMageU+1F9D9. No emoji is named witch. CLDR files five under the word, and three are this mage and its two variants. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 5.0.
๐ชMagic wandU+1FA84. The fourth of the five emoji under witch. Emoji 13.0.
๐งโโ๏ธMan mageU+1F9D9 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. Filed under witch and wizard both, plus the word man. Emoji 5.0.
๐ฒPot of foodU+1F372. CLDR files nothing under cauldron. Wikipedia's Cauldron article defines one as a large pot or kettle used for cooking or boiling, which this is, give or take the size. Emoji 0.6.
๐งโโ๏ธWoman mageU+1F9D9 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. Filed under witch and wizard both, plus the word woman. Emoji 5.0.
The rest of the night 8
๐ฆBatU+1F987. Filed under vampire, and not under halloween. Emoji 3.0.
๐ฆดBoneU+1F9B4. One of the two emoji CLDR files under skeleton. The other is an x-ray. Emoji 11.0.
โฐ๏ธCoffinU+26B0 U+FE0F. The fifth thing a search for vampire finds. It has a text form. Emoji 1.0.
๐ชฆHeadstoneU+1FAA6. Filed under grave, rip and tombstone. Emoji 13.0.
๐SkullU+1F480. CLDR files it under monster and, for some reason, fairytale. Emoji 0.6.
โ ๏ธSkull and crossbonesU+2620 U+FE0F. Unicode's notes give its other name as poison. It has a text form, which is the plain symbol. Emoji 1.0.
๐ท๏ธSpiderU+1F577 U+FE0F. CLDR files it under insect. Wikipedia's Spider article calls spiders an order of arachnids, with eight legs rather than six. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐ธ๏ธSpider webU+1F578 U+FE0F. Two search words: spider and web. Wikipedia's Spider web article gives cobweb as another name; CLDR files nothing under cobweb. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
Costumes and the doorstep 5
๐งCupcakeU+1F9C1. The one emoji CLDR files under treat. Emoji 11.0.
๐ชDoorU+1F6AA. CLDR files nothing under trick or knock. Wikipedia's Trick-or-treating article has people in costume travel from house to house, so here is where they end up. Emoji 0.6.
๐บGoblinU+1F47A. Also under mask. CLDR adds the words angry and mean. Emoji 0.6.
๐ญLollipopU+1F36D. Filed under candy, and not under halloween. Emoji 0.6.
๐นOgreU+1F479. CLDR files nothing under costume. It files five emoji under mask, and this is one: scary, by its own search words. Emoji 0.6.
Halloween symbols in plain text 7
ไทฑCauldron, as a hexagramU+4DF1 Hexagram for the cauldron. The other one: one of Unicode's 64 hexagram symbols. Six lines, no bubbles.
โฟCauldron, as a Kangxi radicalU+2FC0 Kangxi radical cauldron. No emoji is a cauldron. Two characters have the word in their names, and this is one. Unihan defines its base character as a type of caldron with three hollow legs.
โผHeadstone, from a mapU+26FC Headstone graveyard symbol. A map symbol. Unicode's notes give it three other names: graveyard, memorial park, cemetery. It shows as an empty box where no font has it.
๐ฑSkull and crossbones, not an emojiU+1F571 Black skull and crossbones. Three characters have skull in the name, and this is the one that is not an emoji. It shows as an empty box where no font has it.
โฑSpidery haU+2C52 Glagolitic small letter spidery ha. A letter of the Glagolitic alphabet. Two characters have spidery in the name, and the other is its capital.
ๅฆSpooky, as a Han characterU+5996. Unihan defines it as strange, weird, supernatural. CLDR files nothing under spooky, so the word had to come from somewhere.
ๅทซWitch, as a Han characterU+5DEB. Unihan defines it as wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman.
Spooky symbols from the keyboard 5
_/\_Witch hat, four keystrokes
[=o=o=]Mummy, keyboard only
\_oOo_/Cauldron, bubbling
_|RIP|_Headstone, keyboard only
\_V__V_/Fangs, keyboard only
Halloween dividers 6
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-Stitches, keyboard only
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\A row of teeth, keyboard only
๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฌCandy and chocolate
๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐Skulls and candles
๐ธ๏ธ๐ท๏ธ๐ธ๏ธ๐ท๏ธ๐ธ๏ธ๐ท๏ธ๐ธ๏ธWebs and spiders, web at each end
.oO0Oo..oO0Oo..oO0Oo.Cauldron bubbles, keyboard only
Halloween lines 12
๐ซ Costume optional. Candy is not ๐ฌInvitation, small print
๐ง Fangs for coming ๐งThank-you note
๐โโฌ Good luck, depending on the country ๐โโฌThe black cat, defended
_/\_ Happy Halloween _/\_No emoji: a witch hat each side
๐ Happy Halloween ๐The one for the card
๐ง Not a morning person ๐งStatus, most days
๐งน Parking for brooms only ๐งนSign for the porch
๐ฌ Please take one ๐ฌFor the bowl left on the porch
๐ Spooky season ๐Caption for the run-up
๐ป Trick or treat ๐ฌWhat to say at the door
๐ท๏ธ Web designer ๐ธ๏ธJob title
๐ง Witch way to the candy? ๐ฌAsking for directions
ASCII drawings, no pumpkins 5
Bowl on the porchA sign and a bowl. Wikipedia's Trick-or-treating article says some houses leave treats on the porch for children to take freely, on the honour system. Plain ASCII, 20 columns wide.
Coffin, lid shutWide at the shoulders, narrow at the feet, a nameplate nobody has engraved yet. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
FangsA wide smile with two points that were not there yesterday. Plain ASCII, 21 columns wide.
Mummy, peekingBandages all the way round and a gap left for looking out. Wikipedia's Mummy article is about the museum kind; this is the costume. Plain ASCII, 15 columns wide.
Witch on a broomHat, passenger, broom, in that order from the top. Bristles to the rear. Plain ASCII, 19 columns wide.
Halloween combos 8
๐๐๐๐Apple bobbingBathtub, then red apple, then green apple, then red apple. Wikipedia's Apple bobbing article calls it a game often played on Halloween: a tub or large basin of water, apples in the water.
โช๐ ๐กCandy corn, by colourWhite circle, then orange circle, then yellow circle. There is no candy corn emoji. Wikipedia's Candy corn article gives the traditional colours as yellow, orange and white, with yellow at the wide end.
๐ช๐๐ฌThe doorstepDoor, then jack-o-lantern, then candy. Knock, admire the pumpkin, collect.
๐๏ธ๐ฆHaunted house, with tenantDerelict house, then bat. CLDR files nothing under haunted, so the derelict house will do. Wikipedia's Haunted house article also offers spook house and ghost house.
๐ป๐๏ธOne sheet shortGhost, then bed. Somebody made a costume, and somebody else will notice at bedtime.
๐งโฐ๏ธ๐คVampire's day offVampire, then coffin, then ZZZ. Every day, strictly speaking.
๐งโโ๏ธ๐งน๐The witch's commuteWoman mage, then broom, then full moon. No traffic at that height.
๐ง๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธZombie walkZombie, then man zombie, then woman zombie. All three. CLDR files each of them under walking.