Skull and crossbones
☠ is the Unicode character “SKULL AND CROSSBONES” (U+2620). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added in Unicode 1.1. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.
☠ codes
| UnicodeCode point | U+2620 |
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|---|---|---|
| HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page | ☠ |
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| HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code | ☠ |
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| CSSFor the CSS content property | \2620 |
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| JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings | \u2620 |
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| PythonEscape in Python strings | \u2620 |
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| URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 | %E2%98%A0 |
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| UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 | E2 98 A0 |
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| UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 | 2620 |
How to type ☠
Copy and paste
Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “skull and crossbones”.
In Microsoft Word, type 2620 and press Alt + X.
Mac
Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “skull and crossbones”.
iPhone and Android
Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).
About ☠
- Unicode name
- SKULL AND CROSSBONES
- Code point
- U+2620 (9760)
- Block
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Category
- Other Symbol
- Unicode version
- 1.1
- Styles
- Text (☠︎) and emoji (☠️)