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U+2620 · SKULL AND CROSSBONES

Skull and Crossbones

  • CodepointU+2620
  • NameSKULL AND CROSSBONES
  • Emoji nameskull and crossbones
  • Decimal9760
  • BlockMiscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2620 (☠) is SKULL AND CROSSBONES, a symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its emoji name (CLDR short name) is “skull and crossbones”, in the Smileys & Emotion group, subgroup face-negative. By default it is shown as a text glyph; follow it with U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 to request the colour emoji form (U+2620 U+FE0F), or with U+FE0E VARIATION SELECTOR-15 to force text style.

How to type ☠

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 98 A03 bytes
UTF-1626201 code unit
UTF-32000026204 bytes
HTML decimal☠
HTML hex☠
CSS\2620in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2620
JSON\u2620
Python\u2620
Python\N{SKULL AND CROSSBONES}by name
Java / C#\u2620
C / C++\u2620universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2620}
Go\u2620
Ruby\u2620
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9760)
URL-encoded%E2%98%A0percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

All in block →
U+261A☚Black Left Pointing Index U+261B☛Black Right Pointing Index U+261C☜White Left Pointing Index U+261D☝White Up Pointing Index U+261E☞White Right Pointing Index U+261F☟White Down Pointing Index U+2621☡Caution Sign U+2622☢Radioactive Sign U+2623☣Biohazard Sign U+2624☤Caduceus U+2625☥Ankh U+2626☦Orthodox Cross