Headstone emoji 🪦 (tombstone, RIP)
🪦 is the headstone: a grey gravestone, sometimes marked RIP. It means death and RIP — real memorials, “RIP my sleep schedule”, “this joke killed me 🪦” — and Halloween…
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What the headstone 🪦 (tombstone, rip) emoji means
🪦 is the headstone: a grey gravestone, sometimes marked RIP. It means death and RIP — real memorials, “RIP my sleep schedule”, “this joke killed me 🪦” — and Halloween graveyards. It is the object behind the internet habit of declaring things dead. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Its companions: ⚰️ coffin, 💀 skull, 🕯️ candle; the season on the Halloween list.
Unicode name: headstone · U+1FAA6 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Objects.
How people use it
- RIP jokes: things that “died”
- Memorials: real grief, anniversaries
- Died laughing: with 💀 😭
- Halloween: graveyards
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| headstoneU+1FAA6 | Grave, RIP | |
| coffinU+26B0 U+FE0F | Coffin | |
| skullU+1F480 | Dead | |
| candleU+1F56F U+FE0F | Remembrance | |
| jack-o-lanternU+1F383 | Halloween |
The grave emoji 🪦 and why it's called that
The headstone emoji 🪦 is often used to represent a grave, since it shows a burial marker rather than a full grave. The word “grave” puts the focus on the resting place, while the emoji itself shows the stone above it. That makes it work for memorials, RIP messages, and Halloween posts.
The grave emoji can pair with the skull 💀 or coffin ⚰️ to reinforce a death-related tone. For example, “RIP my weekend 🪦” and “this deadline is my grave 🪦” use the emoji to say something is finished or beyond saving.
Questions people ask
What does 🪦 mean?
RIP — something has died, literally or as a joke.
Is there an RIP emoji?
🪦 headstone, ⚰️ coffin and 💀 skull.
When was 🪦 added?
2020, Emoji 13.0.
Is there a grave emoji?
Yes, the grave emoji is the headstone emoji 🪦, showing a gravestone. It is used for RIP messages, memorials, and jokes about things being dead.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
