alien 👽 Meaning & Copy
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What does 👽 alien Mean?
👽 is the grey-alien head with big black eyes — used for anything extraterrestrial, but far more often for "this is weird" or "I don't belong here". People tag conspiracy jokes, strange coincidences and unexplained noises with it: "my thermostat set itself to 30 degrees 👽". It also stands in for feeling socially alien, as in "me at parties 👽".
- 💡General Use: alien
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
The design is the Roswell-era grey from decades of film and TV, not a generic alien, which is why every platform draws essentially the same face. Its most recent meme peak was the 2019 "Storm Area 51" event, which pushed 👽 into millions of ironic captions and Discord server names. Keep it distinct from 👾, the pixel monster — that one comes from Space Invaders and reads as gaming, not extraterrestrial life.
How 👽 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the alien emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use alien?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 👽
Messaging
Hey, check this out 👽
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 👽
Status
Feeling 👽 today
How to Type alien on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "alien"
- Select 👽
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "alien"
- Select 👽
alien HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | alien | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F47D | |
| HTML Entity | 👽 | |
| HTML Hex | 👽 | |
| CSS Content | \01F47D | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F47D} | |
| Shortcode (Discord, Slack, GitHub) | :alien: | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | No |
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Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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