👻 Ghost

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Emoji Meaning

1

The cartoon image of a ghost with arms stretched out, tongue out, and friendly eyes. Some platforms depict it with one bulging eye. It's as if it's saying Boo! It's meant to be a little scary but more friendly. This is one of the most popular emojis when talking about trick-or-treat and Halloween.

2

Funny ghost emoji with a kind face and tongue sticking out. It is painted white and has a thin tail. The classic ghost from cartoons.

Emoji is in demand on Halloween, when users send each other greetings with all kinds of faces and ghosts. It is usually used as an alternative to the word "creepy".

Also Known As

  • 👻 Disappear
  • 👻 Ghoul
  • 👻 Halloween

Apple Name

  • 👻 Ghost

Unicode Name

  • 👻 Ghost

👻 Emoji Codes

Codepoints

U+1F47B

Shortcodes

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For developers

URL escape code %F0%9F%91%BB
Punycode xn--9q8h
Bytes (UTF-8) F0 9F 91 BB
JavaScript, JSON, Java \uD83D\uDC7B
C, C++, Python \U0001f47b
CSS \01F47B
PHP, Ruby \u{1F47B}
Perl \x{1F47B}
HTML hex 👻
HTML dec 👻

Tags: creature, face, fairy tale, fantasy, ghost, monster

Category: Smileys & Emotion

Subgroup: Face mask