🦐️ Shrimp emoji
HTML
🦐
Unicode
U+1F990
What is 🦐️ called?
🦐️ is called the Shrimp emoji.
Also known as prawn, shrimp animal, or small crustacean. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is shrimp.
What does 🦐️ mean?
🦐 is officially named shrimp. It represents this popular seafood, symbolizing seafood cuisine, versatile cooking, coastal foods, or accessible shellfish. This emoji is used in discussions about seafood cooking, versatile ingredients, coastal cuisine, or expressing appreciation for accessible, flavorful shellfish preparations.
Use it for literal references to shrimp and for seafood cuisine, versatile cooking, coastal foods, accessible shellfish, cooking ingredients, flavorful preparations. Shrimp and prawn are used differently by region; the emoji does not identify a species. Related choices include 🦞 Lobster and 🦑 Squid.
Other meanings
It can mean seafood cuisine, versatile cooking, coastal foods, accessible shellfish, cooking ingredients, flavorful preparations. Context determines whether the message is literal, culinary, cultural, regional, or humorous.
Example Usage
Seafood pasta night 🦐 shrimp adds perfect coastal flavor to every dish!
Today’s food notes include shrimp 🦐
More details
Officially named shrimp. Its code point is U+1F990. It was introduced in Emoji 3.0.
Visual description
A pink or orange curved shrimp, showing the characteristic C-shaped appearance of cooked shrimp.
Shrimp and prawn are used differently by region; the emoji does not identify a species. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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