☠
Skull And Crossbones
- Unicode
- U+2620
- Category
- Dingbats
- HTML Entity
- ☠
- CSS
- \2620
The ☠ symbol depicts a human skull resting over two crossed bones, a classic warning sign historically used to indicate deadly poison, severe danger, or maritime piracy. Included in Unicode's Miscellaneous Symbols block, it serves as a standard digital icon for toxicity, malware, and spooky themes. On social media, users frequently employ it to express extreme shock or humor, playfully indicating they are "dead" from laughing too hard.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9760 or Win+. then search
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2620
- HTML
- ☠
In Programming
Developers occasionally use the skull and crossbones symbol in terminal outputs or log files to visually highlight fatal system errors, killed processes, or severe security vulnerabilities.
Tags
danger
danger symbol
dead laughing
death
death symbol
dingbat
halloween symbol
hazard symbol
i'm dead
jolly roger
pirate
pirate flag symbol
pirate symbol
poison
poison warning
skull
skull crossbones unicode
spooky emoji
toxic sign