A headstone or tombstone, used to mark graves. Appearance varies from platform to platform, with different shapes and inscriptions.

Used to talk about death &mdash; literally, metaphorically, and metaphysically.

Often paired with other death-related emoji like <a href="/coffin/">⚰️ Coffin</a> and <a href="/skull-and-crossbones/">☠️ Skull and Crossbones</a>.

Headstone

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A yellow face with raised eyebrows and a slight frown, shedding a single, blue tear from one eye down its cheek. May convey a moderate degree of sadness or pain, usually less intensely than <a href="/loudly-crying-face/">😭&nbsp;Loudly Crying Face</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/sad-but-relieved-face/">😥&nbsp;Sad but Relieved Face</a>, <a href="/sleepy-face/">😪&nbsp;Sleepy Face</a>, or other emojis with tear or sweat droplets. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/crying-face/">previously featured</a> tears welling up in both eyes.

This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/crying-cat/">😿&nbsp;Crying Face</a>.

Crying Face

A whitish-gray, cartoon-styled human skull with large, black eye sockets. Commonly expresses figurative death, e.g., dying from extreme laughter, frustration, or affection.

Popular around <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/skull-and-crossbones/">☠️&nbsp;Skull and Crossbones</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by <a href="/softbank">Softbank</a>&nbsp;in <a href="/softbank/1999/skull">1999</a>.</div>

Skull

A cartoon human <a href="/skull/">skull</a> atop an X-shaped pair of <a href="/bone/">bones</a>, as on a <a href="/pirate-flag/">pirate flag</a> or poison symbol. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/skull-and-crossbones/">previously displayed</a>&nbsp;a skull and crossbones on a yellow triangle, indicating a hazardous material.

May represent various ideas of death or danger, e.g., dying from laughter or killing it with great skill. May also represent various pirate characters or mascots.

Popular around <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/skull/">💀&nbsp;Skull</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Skull and Crossbones

Boo! A white, cartoon ghost making a silly face. Its tongue is stuck out and arms are outstretched, as if trying to scare someone in a friendly way. Several platforms feature one larger, bulging eye, while others show the ghost winking.

Resembles a classic ghost costume for <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. May also be used to convey something or someone is fun or goofy. Thanks to its raised arms, some use this&nbsp;emoji as a way of expressing an excited&nbsp;Yay!

May also be used to refer to the slang term &quot;ghosting&quot;, where a&nbsp;personal relationship is ended&nbsp;suddenly without explanation by one person withdrawing from all communication with another.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/ghost/">previously depicted</a> this as a smiley in a ghost costume.

This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by <a href="/softbank">Softbank</a>&nbsp;in <a href="/softbank/1999/ghost">1999</a>.

Ghost

A white heart emoji, used for love and affection. Also commonly <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">used to discuss&nbsp;someone passing away</a>.

As with the other color-based hearts, this emoji can also often used to express an affinity with or appreciation for various people, places, groups, objects, or ideas associated with the same color.

An alternative character known as <a href="/white-heart-suit/">White Heart Suit</a>&nbsp;is also available, but not intended to have an emoji appearance.

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White Heart

Two hands placed firmly together, meaning please&nbsp;or&nbsp;thank you&nbsp;in Japanese culture.&nbsp;A common alternative use&nbsp;for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as&nbsp;praying hands. It can also represent&nbsp;a respectful greeting or show of adoration many in Southeast Asian religions and cultures, such as the Hindu namaste or Buddhist a&ntilde;jali mudra.

Rarely used as&nbsp;a&nbsp;high-five, despite often being suggested as one by emoji keyboard search features. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-folded-hands/">More about this emoji and its possible meanings</a>.

A previous&nbsp;version of this&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;displayed a <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Apple iOS 6.0">yellow burst of light behind the two hands</a>&nbsp;on iOS. Android once&nbsp;showed a blob-character with <a href="/google/android-5.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Google Android 5.0">closed eyes and folded hands</a>.

Person with Folded Hands

A bone which may be used for a dog to chew on, or as a part of the human body. The type of bone is not specified.

May be used to represent the NSFW term &quot;to bone&quot;.

Bone

A&nbsp;reanimated human, often found in works of horror fiction. May have a <a href="/woman-zombie/">female</a> or <a href="/man-zombie/">male</a> appearance.

May be used to refer to someone who appears listless, apathetic, or unresponsive to their surroundings.

May also be used to refer to a person who attempts to resume communications after previously <a href="/ghost">ghosting</a>&nbsp;out of a conversation.

Zombie

A reanimated human man, often found in works of horror fiction.

Man Zombie

A reanimated human woman, often found in works of horror fiction.

Woman Zombie

Two people hugging, shown as faceless blue forms on most platforms. Details of each person are not distinct and thus no options are available to customize the gender or skin tone of either individual.

Not to be confused with <a href="/hugging-face/">🤗 Hugging Face</a>, which is less clearly a representation of hugging and sometimes used as jazz hands or to express excitement.

People Hugging

A bouquet of brightly colored flowers. Generally depicted as a collection of pink and yellow flowers with green stems tied together. Positioned at various angles across platforms.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May also be more generally used to express such sentiments as love, appreciation, and happiness.

Google&rsquo;s flowers were <a href="/google/android-7.0/bouquet/">previously</a> all yellow, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bouquet/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> roses, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bouquet/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> pink and white.

Bouquet

A red rose. Depicted as a single, vertical red rose on a green stem.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such sentiments as love and romance. Also used as a symbol of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_(symbolism)#Socialism_and_social_democracy">socialism</a>&nbsp;or as a red accent color.

Not to be confused with <a href="/tulip/">🌷 Tulip</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s rose was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/rose/">previously</a> pink.

Rose

A flower that has wilted, or is dying. Generally depicted as a limp, faded red rose drooping over the to the right on a dried-out,&nbsp;green stem, shedding a petal.

May be used to express such sad sentiments as heartbreak, though sometimes with a sense of irony. Sometimes&nbsp;used to represent a rose or other flower, with positive connotations.

Not to be confused with <a href="/rose/">🌹 Rose</a>.

WhatsApp&#39;s flower suggests a wilted <a href="/sunflower/">🌻 Sunflower</a>;&nbsp;Twitter&#39;s a&nbsp;<a href="/tulip/">🌷 Tulip</a>, as <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/wilted-flower/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/wilted-flower/">Samsung&#39;s</a> previously did. <a href="/facebook/2.0/wilted-flower/">Facebook&#39;s</a> flower was previously orange.

Wilted Flower

<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/a-large-boulder-the-size-of-a-small-boulder">A large rock the size of a small&nbsp;rock</a>. May be considered a boulder, a rock, a stone, a pebble, or a piece of dirt. The scale and&nbsp;meaning are context dependent.

The color&nbsp;is gray or brownish gray.

Rock

A traditional coffin, as used to bury the dead. Depicted at various angles as a closed, six-sided, wooden coffin, tapered at the head and foot with golden handles.

Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative death. May also be used for various content concerning funerals, horror, and <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>.

Apple and Microsoft&rsquo;s designs place flowers on their lids.

Coffin

An urn, as used to hold the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation">cremated</a> ashes of the dead. Appearance varies, but generally depicted as a covered, bronze container with a rounded body and tapered foot.

May be used for various content concerning death and funerals. May also be used for other types of vessels, such as pots or vases.

Not to be confused with <a href="/amphora/">🏺&nbsp;Amphora</a>.

Funeral Urn

Halloween

An orange pumpkin carved into the shape of a face and commonly known as a Jack-o&rsquo;-lantern.&nbsp;

The number and shape of its carved teeth vary by vendor.

This emoji has <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/spooky-emojis-are-trending/">consistently been the most popular emoji</a> used to encapsulate <a href="/halloween">Halloween </a>during the month of October.

This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/au-kddi/type-d-1/jack-o-lantern">2003</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="/au-kddi">au by KDDI</a>.

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Microsoft

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

Noto Emoji Font

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

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Unicode 13.0 is the version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a>&nbsp;released on&nbsp;March 10, 2020. 55 new emoji&nbsp;code points were added in this release,&nbsp;with all 117 new emojis for 2020 (including sequences for gender and skin tone)&nbsp;listed under <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.

Unicode 13.0 introduced a total of 5,930&nbsp;new characters, including the 55 new emoji code points listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;143,859.

More about <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-13-0/">what&#39;s new in Unicode 13.0</a>.

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	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/">🔣 Unicode 13.0.0 Specification</a></li>
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