Meaning
A cartoon ghost, often used for Halloween, spooky themes, or playful scariness.
Category: Smileys & Emotion
👻ghost
👻 ghost belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:ghost:
Keywords
boocreatureexcitedfacefairyfairytalefantasyhalloweenhauntingmonsterscarysilly
What does 👻 ghost mean?
The ghost emoji depicts a classic white sheet ghost with a silly or slightly spooky face. It is often used around Halloween or to discuss paranormal topics, but it can also represent a playful, harmless kind of spookiness. Depending on context, it might be used to say "boo" or to joke about ghosting someone in dating or friendships.
Often used for
- Halloween greetings and decorations
- Discussing paranormal activity or haunted places
- Playfully scaring someone or saying "boo"
- Joking about "ghosting" in dating or friendships
- Expressing a silly, goofy, or slightly mischievous mood
Tone: The tone is generally lighthearted and cartoonish rather than genuinely terrifying. It is usually safe for casual conversation, though joking about "ghosting" can carry a slightly negative or awkward connotation depending on the relationship.
Illustrative message examples with 👻
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- happy halloween! hope you have a spooky night 👻🎃
- did you hear that noise? i think this hotel is haunted 👻
- boo! did i scare you 👻
- he left me on read for three days... officially ghosted 👻
- feeling so silly today i might just float around 👻
Combos, text art & scenes with 👻
Related text art & kaomoji
🎃🍬👻
🎃👻🍬🦇💀🧡
👻😈👾
🦇🕷️🎃👻💀
𖦹˖°.👻 ̟࿔*:⋆
⋆༺𓆩👻𓆪༻⋆
🎃👻
🍂🧡👻🎃
👻💗
👻ྀིྀི
👻 ̟࿔*:⋆
🍂🎃👻
How 👻 ghost looks
Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.
OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
👻 ghost codes for developers
Every format below produces 👻 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | 👻 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F47B | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👻 | |
| HTML (hex) | 👻 | |
| CSS | \1F47B | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F47B} | |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDC7B | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%91%BB | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :ghost: |
👻 in other languages
SpanishfantasmaFrenchfantômeGermanGespenstItalianfantasmaPortuguesefantasmaRussianпривидениеJapaneseお化けKorean유령Chinese鬼LithuanianvaiduoklisPolishduch
Source: Unicode CLDR
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