What does ⚰️ Coffin mean?
A wooden coffin. It stands for death, funerals, mourning and the macabre. In casual chat it is often hyperbolic, meaning “I’m dead” from laughter or embarrassment, and it calls to mind the “coffin dance” meme of 2020. It also suits Halloween, vampires and gothic aesthetics. In serious contexts it marks loss and grief, so tone matters. Similar emojis include 🪦 and 💀.
⚰️ Coffin is an emoji from the Objects category (miscellaneous objects), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about dead, death and vampire.
Example messages
⚰️ Coffin on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Coffin looks on each platform.
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Coffin emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Coffin emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ⚰️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :coffin:.
When was the Coffin emoji added?
⚰️ Coffin was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ⚰️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Coffin. The underlying code (U+26B0 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.