What 🪦 means
A grave, remembrance, or something figuratively finished.
Beside RIP (rest in peace) or condolences, read 🪦 literally. After a cancelled plan, it says “that’s buried”; after a punchline, it can exaggerate how hard the joke hit.
Solemn for real loss; theatrical in casual banter.
For condolences, use words of sympathy rather than 🪦 alone.
Combination ideas
2Funeral, burial, or cemetery imagery.
Death-themed humour, horror, or figurative collapse.
Worth knowing
- 🪦 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.
Questions people ask
1Is 🪦 respectful to send?
It can be. A bare gravestone may feel blunt to someone grieving. Save its joking use for people who share your dark humour.
How to type 🪦
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “headstone”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “headstone”.
Chat apps
:headstone:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
🪦Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🪦
HTML hex
🪦
CSS content
content: "\1FAA6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%A6
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.