Jack-o-lantern Emoji

Activities

A bright orange, carved pumpkin featuring a jagged, toothy grin and hollow, triangular eyes. The top of the gourd is topped with a small green stem, mimicking the look of a lit candle-filled lantern.

Usage Context

Widely used throughout October to signal the approach of Halloween. It is the go-to image for discussing spooky parties, autumn traditions, or carving pumpkins. It frequently appears alongside 👻 for ghost stories or 🍬 for trick-or-treating references.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, this icon was born from the widespread adoption of modern holiday-themed emojis. It draws on the centuries-old Irish and Scottish folk tradition of carving root vegetables to ward off malevolent spirits, a practice that evolved into the iconic American Halloween staple.

Details

Glyph

🎃

Unicode

U+1F383

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f383:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF83;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory event

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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