People & Body · Emoji 5.0
🧟Zombie Emoji
Generally, the zombie emoji means something is dead, decaying, or unsettling. It’s used to convey a feeling of horror or a situation that’s gone horribly wrong.
The 🧟 emoji represents a zombie – an undead, walking corpse.
- Unicode
- U+1F9DF
- Released
- 2017
- Shortcode
- :zombie:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🧟 Zombie emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 7 of them.
02 — Platforms
Zombie emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the zombie as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Zombie emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :zombie:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the zombie, code point U+1F9DF.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🧟 Zombie emoji
No picker to hand? The zombie can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Zombie emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Zombie emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around zombie for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 🧟 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What 🧟 means in other countries
Mostly a horror-genre stock character now, though its roots in Haitian Vodou belief carry real spiritual weight for some.
Standard undead-apocalypse shorthand, no deeper meaning intended.
Origin culture where the concept is tied to serious folk-religious belief.
Describes someone running on no sleep or too much coffee.
Before you send it: Safe for meme and horror contexts; keep it light rather than 'explaining' the folklore yourself.
09 — Apps
What 🧟 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F9DF, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
11 — Difference
🧟 vs 🧟♀️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Zombie
Code: U+1F9DF · added 2017
Shortcode: :zombie:
Generally, the zombie emoji means something is dead, decaying, or unsettling.
Unicode name: Woman Zombie
Code: U+1F9DF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F · added 2017
Shortcode: :female_zombie:
Generally, it just means someone is referencing a zombie – usually in a funny or slightly unsettling way.
12 — History
Where the 🧟 Zombie emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F9DF never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Zombie was approved as U+1F9DF and shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🧟 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ