🦈U+1F988
Shark emoji
A pointed snout, a tall dorsal fin and sharp teeth mark this shark. It is used for sharks, ocean danger, beach warnings, and a fierce or ruthless competitor.
- Unicode name
- shark
- Category
- Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added
- Emoji 3.0 in 2016
- Code points
- U+1F988
- Shortcode
:shark:- Keywords
- animal, fish, shark
How it looks
How to type 🦈
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “shark”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “shark”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “shark”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “shark”.
- GitHub
- Type :shark: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | tiburón | pez, tiburón |
| Français | requin | animal, Dents de la mer, poisson, requin |
| Deutsch | Hai | Fisch, Hai, Haifisch, Meer, Tier |
| Italiano | squalo | aggressività, animale, animali, pericolo, pesce, squalo |
| Português | tubarão | peixe, tubarão |
| Nederlands | haai | dier, haai, vis |
| Svenska | haj | fisk, haj |
| Polski | rekin | morze, ocean, rekin, ryba, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | köpek balığı | balık, deniz, hayvan, jaws, köpek balığı, okyanus |
| Русский | акула | акула, рыба, хищник |
| Українська | акула | акула, риба |
| Ελληνικά | καρχαρίας | ζώο, καρχαρίας, ψάρι |
| العربية | سمكة قرش | سمكة قرش, قرش, محيط |
| עברית | כריש | דג, כריש |
| فارسی | کوسه | کوسه, ماهی |
| हिन्दी | शार्क | पशु, मछली, शार्क |
| বাংলা | হাঙ্গর | জীবজন্তু, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, মাছ, হাঙ্গর |
| Bahasa Indonesia | hiu | binatang, hewan, hiu, ikan |
| Tiếng Việt | cá mập | cá, cá mập, động vật |
| ไทย | ฉลาม | ฉลาม, ปลา |
| 日本語 | サメ | サメ, 動物, 魚 |
| 한국어 | 상어 | 동물, 물고기, 바다생물, 상어, 어류 |
| 中文（简体） | 鲨鱼 | 鱼, 鲨, 鲨鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） | 鯊魚 | 動物, 魚, 鯊魚 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | haai |
|---|---|
| Akan | Aboodede |
| Albanian | peshkaqen |
| Amharic | ሻርክ |
| Anii | gafɩlɩ rekɛɛŋ |
| Armenian | շնաձուկ |
| Assamese | শ্বাৰ্ক |
| Azerbaijani | akula |
| Bashkir | акула |
| Basque | marrazoa |
| Belarusian | акула |
| Bosnian | ajkula |
| Breton | rinkin |
| Bulgarian | акула |
| Burmese | ငါးမန်း |
| Cantonese | 鯊魚 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 鲨鱼 |
| Catalan | tauró |
| Cherokee | ᏗᎧᏳᎦ |
| Chuvash | акула |
| Croatian | morski pas |
| Czech | žralok |
| Danish | haj |
| Estonian | hai |
| Faroese | hávur |
| Filipino | pating |
| Finnish | hai |
| Galician | tiburón |
| Georgian | ზვიგენი |
| Gujarati | શાર્ક |
| Hausa | kifin shark |
| Hungarian | cápa |
| Icelandic | hákarl |
| Igbo | akụm |
| Irish | siorc |
| Javanese | hiu |
| Kalaallisut | haj |
| Kannada | ಶಾರ್ಕ್ |
| Kazakh | акула |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | اكۋلا |
| Khmer | ត្រីឆ្លាម |
| Kinyarwanda | roke |
| Konkani | मोरी |
| Kyrgyz | акула |
| Kʼicheʼ | Tib’kar |
| Lao | ສະຫຼາມ |
| Latvian | haizivs |
| Lithuanian | ryklys |
| Lower Sorbian | žrawik |
| Luxembourgish | Hai |
| Macedonian | ајкула |
| Malay | jerung |
| Malayalam | സ്രാവ് |
| Maltese | kelb il-baħar |
| Marathi | शार्क |
| Mongolian | акул |
| Māori | mangō |
| Nepali | शार्क माछा |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Shak |
| Northern Sotho | šaka |
| Norwegian | hai |
| Odia | ଶାର୍କ୍ |
| Oromo | shaarkii |
| Pashto | شارک |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ਾਰਕ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | شارک |
| Quechua | tiburon |
| Romanian | rechin |
| Romansh | squagl |
| Sardinian | canisca |
| Scottish Gaelic | cearban |
| Serbian | ајкула |
| Serbian (Latin) | ajkula |
| Shan | ပႃႁၢႆႉ |
| Sindhi | شارڪ |
| Sinhala | මෝරා |
| Slovak | žralok |
| Slovenian | morski pes |
| Somali | kalluun libaax |
| Swahili | papa |
| Tajik | кӯсамоҳӣ |
| Tamil | சுறா |
| Telugu | సొరచేప |
| Tigrinya | ከልቢ ዓሳ |
| Tongan | ʻanga |
| Tswana | shaka |
| Turkmen | akula |
| Upper Sorbian | žrawc |
| Urdu | شارک |
| Uyghur | لەھەڭ |
| Uzbek | akula |
| Welsh | siarc |
| Wolof | rekeŋ |
| Xhosa | ukrebe |
| Yoruba | Ṣáàkì |
| Yoruba (Benin) | Sháàkì |
| Zulu | ushaka |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F988- HTML
🦈- CSS
\1F988- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F988}- Python
\U0001F988- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 88- UTF-16
D83E DD88- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%88
Questions
What does the 🦈 shark emoji mean?
A pointed snout, a tall dorsal fin and sharp teeth mark this shark. It is used for sharks, ocean danger, beach warnings, and a fierce or ruthless competitor.
How do I type the 🦈 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “shark”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :shark:.
When was the 🦈 emoji added?
🦈 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.
What is the Unicode code point for 🦈?
U+1F988. In HTML you can write 🦈, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F988}.