Being an easily identified part of a skeleton, it’s the part of the body that conveys the deepest representational meaning of life, both past and present.ĭuring the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday traditions, in which late loved ones are remembered, the skull is an omnipresent symbol, represented in sugary treats and colorful art. The human skull has long been associated with death and creepy things. Meanwhile, the Skull emoji 💀 has a more fun feel … even though it still can be used when talking about death. The Skull and Crossbones ☠️ emoji conveys poison and death, quite literally: it’s often the symbol to indicate poison on a product. The difference between the Skull emoji 💀 and the Skull and Crossbones ☠️ emoji is the tone, mainly. The Skull emoji 💀 was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.