Ghost emoji meaning

The ghost emoji shows a traditional cartoon-like ghost with a white, sheet-like appearance. Its face has two round eyes, and its mouth is either open, as if saying "boo," or stretched into a cheerful smile. Sometimes, the ghost might even have a playful tongue sticking out. This emoji symbolizes a ghost and is often used in contexts related to Halloween, adding a fun or spooky vibe to messages. It can also represent things that are mysterious, invisible, or ghostly. In a more humorous or informal way, people use the ghost emoji to refer to "ghosting," which means suddenly ignoring or avoiding someone, especially online or in text conversations.

The ghost emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026