shark

A shark

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Code points
U+1F988
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Animals & Nature

Meaning

A shark. Conveys danger, oceans and ambition ("shark").

Shark — Approved as part of Emoji 3.0 in 2016.

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shark sea

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F988
Unicode name
shark
Category
Animals & NatureMarine animals
Unicode
9.0 · 2016Emoji 3.0
Keywords
animalfishsharkemojimeaningmean

Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F988
Unicode nameshark
UTF-8F0 9F A6 88
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):shark:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🦈
HTML (decimal)🦈
CSS\1F988
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F988}
Python\U0001F988
Perl\x{1F988}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F988}
Encodings
Punycodexn--7s9h
URL escape code%F0%9F%A6%88

Frequently asked

What does 🦈 shark mean?

A shark. Conveys danger, oceans and ambition ("shark").

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🦈 shark?

U+1F988 (Unicode 9.0, 2016) · :shark:

Which emojis are related to 🦈 shark?

🐳 spouting whale, 🐋 whale, 🐬 dolphin, 🫍 orca, 🦭 seal, 🐟 fish, 🐠 tropical fish, 🐡 blowfish