👻 is the Unicode emoji GHOST, code point U+1F47B (decimal 128123) in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write 👻, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 91 BB.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F47B |
| Decimal | 128123 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 BB |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DC7B |
| UTF-32 | 0001F47B |
| HTML decimal | 👻 |
| HTML hex | 👻 |
| CSS | \1F47B |
| JavaScript | \u{1F47B} or \uD83D\uDC7B |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDC7B |
| Python | \U0001F47B |
| Python by name | \N{GHOST} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDC7B |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F47B} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F47B |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%91%BB |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "👻".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | GHOST |
| Emoji name | ghost |
| Code point | U+1F47B (decimal 128123) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (U+1F300–U+1F5FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
- 👳 U+1F473 Person wearing turban
- 👴 U+1F474 Old man
- 👵 U+1F475 Old woman
- 👶 U+1F476 Baby
- 👷 U+1F477 Construction worker
- 👸 U+1F478 Princess
- 👹 U+1F479 Ogre
- 👺 U+1F47A Goblin
- 👼 U+1F47C Baby angel
- 👽 U+1F47D Alien
- 👾 U+1F47E Alien monster
- 👿 U+1F47F Angry face with horns
- 💀 U+1F480 Skull
- 💁 U+1F481 Person tipping hand
- 💂 U+1F482 Guard
- 💃 U+1F483 Woman dancing
All 768 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 👻?
- Use 👻 (decimal) or 👻 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F47B?
- F0 9F 91 BB (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%91%BB.
- How do I write U+1F47B in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F47B} or \uD83D\uDC7B. Python: \U0001F47B.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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