Zombie Emoji

People

A green-skinned humanoid with wild, matted hair, tattered clothing, and a hollow, vacant expression. The design captures the classic movie depiction of an undead creature rising from the grave.

Usage Context

Used to describe feeling tired or 'dead on your feet' after a long day, or to represent horror, survival games, and Halloween festivities. It is frequently sent alongside 🧠 to reference the hunger for brains or paired with 💀 to emphasize a state of total exhaustion.

History

Added in 2017 as part of Unicode 10.0, the zombie was included to round out the fantasy creature category. Its introduction reflected the massive cultural surge in zombie-themed media across television, cinema, and video games during the 2010s.

Details

Glyph

🧟

Unicode

U+1F9DF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9df:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDDF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-fantasy

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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