Ghost 👻
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The ghost emoji, depicting a friendly white ghost with a sticking-out tongue. Common usage includes 'Halloween👻' 'I'm a ghost👻' or 'Boo!👻' Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The cute design with playful tongue out makes it a beloved icon worldwide. It's the representative Halloween emoji and is used massively during October's Halloween season.

The emoji is perfect for representing cute ghost characters from pop culture like in 'Ghostbusters,' 'Casper the Friendly Ghost,' Boo from Mario games, the manga/anime 'Yotsuba,' and various children's ghost stories. In Japan, ghost-themed activities are summer traditions—'kimodameshi' (test of courage), haunted houses, and 'hyaku-monogatari' (telling 100 ghost stories)—aimed at creating a chill to cool down rather than pure horror. On social media, the emoji is widely used for Halloween costumes, courage tests, haunted house experiences, horror movie reviews, paranormal experiences, and mysterious events.