Grunge Symbols ✗
Tap a symbol to copy it. Paste into any bio, caption or display name.
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Grunge symbols 20
Grunge combos 14
Grunge name frames 12
Grunge dividers 12
Grunge faces 12
Grunge emoji 16
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How to use grunge symbols
Grunge symbols are borrowed marks that feel rough and handmade: the crosses ✗ ✘ that look like a pen scratch, the daggers † ‡, and ϟ — koppa, an old Greek letter that passes for a lightning bolt. ☻ and the shading blocks ░▒▓ come from the character set of the first IBM PCs, which is why they still look like an old DOS screen. The crosses ✞ ♱ and stars ★ ☆ also appear in the Y2K and goth sets; the grunge aesthetic pairs them with x’s and static instead of bows or moons.
A simple grunge bio needs three parts. A face — x_x or (×_×), the crossed-out eyes of the look — at the end of a line. A barbed wire divider such as ✗─✗─✗─✗─✗ between lines. And two marks around a name: † Mia † or ✗⋆ Mia ⋆✗. The chain ⛓️, the skull 💀 and the black heart 🖤 are emoji, so they come out in colour; for a name that has to stay plain text, keep to the groups above them.
These are common characters, so almost every phone draws them, and anything your own device cannot draw is hidden from this page. For a name that friends on older phones must see too, ✗ † ★ are the safest.
Questions
What symbols are grunge?
Rough, monochrome marks: crosses and x’s ✗ ✘ †, the lightning-like ϟ, stars ★ ☆, the old smiley ☻ and the shading blocks ░▒▓. Colour emoji like 🖤 ⛓️ 🕸️ belong to the look too; one or two in a bio is plenty.
How do I make a barbed wire divider?
Copy one from the dividers group — ✗─✗─✗─✗─✗ or ⨯━━⨯━━⨯━━⨯ — and paste it on its own line between parts of your bio. Paste it twice for a longer line, or cut it down to three crosses where the bio is narrow.
What is the difference between grunge and goth symbols?
They share the crosses, but goth leans on the occult — pentagrams, moons, coffins — and those live on the witch and goth set. Grunge is scruffier: crossed-out eyes, barbed wire, static ░▒▓ and stars, closer to a band T-shirt than to a spell book.
Can I use these in a TikTok or Instagram name?
Not in the @handle: both apps take only letters, numbers, dots and underscores there. In the display name and the bio, yes — put the crosses around your name: † Mia †.