Alien emoji 👽
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F47D
What 👽 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 👽 are creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy, fairytale, fantasy, monster, space, tale, ufo. They show what people use it for.
Search for creature or extraterrestrial on your emoji keyboard and 👽 is among the results.
You will find 👽 among the costumes and characters (8 emoji), part of smileys & emotion with 172 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 👾 🤖 💩 🤡.
Will 👽 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 👽 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 👽
Search for alien in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 👽.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type alien.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type alien in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type alien.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 👽 is one code point (U+1F47D), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F47D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 👽 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👽 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F47D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F47D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%91%BD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 91 BD |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 👽 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | alien |
| Português | alienígena |
| Español | alienígena |
| Italiano | alieno |
| Français | alien |
| Deutsch | Außerirdischer |
| Türkçe | uzaylı |
| Bahasa Indonesia | alien |
| Polski | ufoludek |
| Русский | инопланетянин |
| 日本語 | エイリアン |
| 한국어 | 외계인 |
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What does the alien emoji mean?
Unicode calls 👽 "alien" and links it with creature, extraterrestrial, face, fairy. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the costumes and characters subgroup of smileys & emotion.
When was the alien emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the alien emoji?
Search for alien in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 👽.