The skull emoji is Skull, U+1F480. Copy and paste it here with Skull and crossbones, the pirate flag, every emoji CLDR files under dead, ten text skulls and six lines for laughing too hard.
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Dead emoji: copy and paste
CLDR, the word list behind emoji keyboards, files eleven emoji under dead. Skull and Skull and crossbones are two of them, and three are faces, Face with crossed-out eyes among them. In chat the skull is mostly a joke: Wiktionary records it as slang for dying of laughter, so i'm dead š says that was funny.
Skull emoticon in plain text
(āā“ā) is this page's own text skull: two black circles for sockets and a small triangle for the nose hole. (0^0) is the same skull in keyboard characters, two zeros and a caret.
Pirate flag is three characters joined: Black flag, a joiner and Skull and crossbones. It came with Emoji 11.0.
Leafless tree is from Emoji 16.0, so an older device shows an empty box.
Questions and answers
What does the skull emoji mean in a text?
Usually that something was funny. Wiktionary records the skull as internet slang for dying of laughter, and CLDR files it under dead and death. The six lines under Dead from laughing use it that way.
Is there a special character skull?
Yes: U+2620, Skull and crossbones, a symbol in Unicode since version 1.1. Unicode's notes give it one other name, poison. The tile marked text style asks for the flat symbol; the device decides whether to draw it in color.
What is the difference between the skull and the skull and crossbones?
They are two characters. Skull is U+1F480, listed with the faces since Emoji 0.6. Skull and crossbones is U+2620, an older symbol with two crossed bones behind it, listed as an emoji since Emoji 1.0.
How do you type a skull on a keyboard?
Type (0^0): a parenthesis, a zero, a caret, a zero and a parenthesis. For crossed-out sockets type (x^x). The rounder (āā“ā) uses two characters with no key on a US keyboard, so copy that one.
All 44 skull items
The skull and its crossbones 4
š“āā ļøPirate flagU+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F. Three characters joined: Black flag, a joiner, then Skull and crossbones. Filed under pirate, and under Jolly and Roger. Emoji 11.0.
šSkullU+1F480. Unicode's name is the same one word. CLDR files it under dead and death, and Unicode lists it with the unhappy faces. Emoji 0.6.
ā ļøSkull and crossbonesU+2620 U+FE0F. A symbol in Unicode since version 1.1. Unicode's notes give it one other name: poison. Emoji 1.0.
ā ļøSkull and crossbones, text styleU+2620 U+FE0E. The same character with a request for the flat symbol in the color of the text. The device decides whether to honor it.
Filed under dead, death, bones or skeleton 12
š¦“BoneU+1F9B4. With X-ray, one of the two emoji under both bones and skeleton. Emoji 11.0.
ā°ļøCoffinU+26B0 U+FE0F. Filed under dead and death, and under vampire. Emoji 1.0.
šExpressionless faceU+1F611. Filed under dead, next to meh and unimpressed. Emoji 1.0.
šµFace with crossed-out eyesU+1F635. A face CLDR files under dead, and under dizzy and knocked out. Emoji 0.6.
š³Flushed faceU+1F633. Filed under dead next to embarrassed and wow. Emoji 0.6.
ā±ļøFuneral urnU+26B1 U+FE0F. Filed under death, and not under dead. Emoji 1.0.
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Filed under dead, death, bones or skeleton, continued
šŖ¦HeadstoneU+1FAA6. Filed under dead, grave and rip. Emoji 13.0.
šŖ¾Leafless treeU+1FABE. A dead tree, by its CLDR words. An older device shows an empty box. Emoji 16.0.
š§āāļøMan zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. Zombie joined to the male sign. Emoji 5.0.
š§āāļøWoman zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. Zombie joined to the female sign. Emoji 5.0.