Skull and crossbones symbol

U+2620

Long used on pirate flags and on poison labels. Online it is often a joke meaning that something was so funny or shocking it killed you.

Official name: SKULL AND CROSSBONES
Unicode block: Miscellaneous Symbols
Added in: Unicode 1.1
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UTF-8 bytes: E2 98 A0
Keywords: bone, crossbones, dead, death, face, monster, skull, danger, hazard, caution, dangerous
Categories: Warning & danger

The Unicode standard defines this character, but your device’s fonts decide how it looks, so it may differ on other screens.

Data: Unicode 16.0, Emoji 16.0.

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