Zombie emoji ๐ง
๐ง is the zombie: a green-skinned figure with tattered clothes and arms outstretched. It means zombies โ The Walking Dead, horror games, Halloween costumes โ and feelingโฆ
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What the zombie ๐ง emoji means
๐ง is the zombie: a green-skinned figure with tattered clothes and arms outstretched. It means zombies โ The Walking Dead, horror games, Halloween costumes โ and feeling like one: โzombie mode ๐ง after the night shiftโ, the pre-coffee shuffle. ๐งโโ๏ธ woman zombie and ๐งโโ๏ธ man zombie are the gendered forms; zombies take no skin tones because they are green. Added in Emoji 5.0 (2017) with ๐ง vampire and the other fantasy figures. ๐ skull and ๐ง brain (โbraaainsโ) are its natural companions on the Halloween list.
Unicode name: zombie ยท U+1F9DF ยท Emoji 5.0 (2017) ยท group: People & Body.
How people use it
- Zombies: shows, games, Halloween
- Zombie mode: exhausted, on autopilot
- Apocalypse jokes: preparedness, chaos
- Horror: with ๐ ๐ฉธ
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| zombieU+1F9DF | Gender-neutral zombie | |
| woman zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F | Female zombie | |
| man zombieU+1F9DF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | Male zombie | |
| vampireU+1F9DB | Vampire | |
| skullU+1F480 | Dead | |
| brainU+1F9E0 | Braaains |
Questions people ask
What does ๐ง mean?
A zombie โ or feeling like one: exhausted, moving on autopilot.
Why does the zombie emoji have no skin tones?
It is drawn green on every platform, so Unicode gave it no tone variants.
Which emoji for The Walking Dead?
๐ง zombie with ๐ and ๐ซ; many fans add ๐ง .
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