Meaning
A coffin is a wooden burial box, shown here with a lid and handles. In conversation it commonly represents death, dying, or endings, and is often used humorously to mean something is finished, doomed, or "dead" — a failed plan, a cancelled show, or exhaustion. It also appears in Halloween, vampire, and gothic contexts. Because it can refer to literal bereavement as well as joking exaggeration, tone matters; in serious discussions of loss it may be read as insensitive, so context should make the intent clear.
Coffin — Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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U+26B0 U+FE0FcoffinE2 9A B0 EF B8 8FShortcodes
:coffin:HTML & CSS
⚰️⚰️\26B0 \FE0F Languages
\u{26B0}\u{FE0F}\u26B0\uFE0F\x{26B0}\x{FE0F}\u{26B0}\u{FE0F}Encodings
xn--l8h8889e%E2%9A%B0%EF%B8%8FFrequently asked
What does ⚰️ coffin mean?
A coffin is a wooden burial box, shown here with a lid and handles. In conversation it commonly represents death, dying, or endings, and is often used humorously to mean something is finished, doomed, or "dead" — a failed plan, a cancelled show, or exhaustion. It also appears in Halloween, vampire, and gothic contexts. Because it can refer to literal bereavement as well as joking exaggeration, tone matters; in serious discussions of loss it may be read as insensitive, so context should make the intent clear.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ⚰️ coffin?
U+26B0 U+FE0F (Unicode 8.0, 2015) · :coffin:
Which emojis are related to ⚰️ coffin?
🚬 cigarette, 🪦 headstone, ⚱️ funeral urn, 🧿 nazar amulet, 🪬 hamsa, 🗿 moai, 🪧 placard, 🪪 identification card