Shark Emoji
This emoji shows a gray shark, a big fish with many teeth, a white abdomen, and a pointed nose. The shark is facing left and has a long tail.
Shark is a fully-qualified emoji, part of Unicode 3.0 , introduced in 1999, and was added to Emoji 3.0 .
This emoji is part of the Animals & Nature and is grouped with other Animal Marine emojis. Part of the Unicode Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block. Introduced in 2016.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
Copy and paste the Shark emoji:
- 🦈
Codes & Encoding for the Shark Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1F988✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🦈✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🦈✓ Copied -
CSS
\1F988✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1F988}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%A6%88✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:shark:✓ Copied - Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
How to Type the Shark Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :shark: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :shark: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Shark Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Shark Emoji
- Did you see the shark 🦈 at the aquarium?
- Be careful, there's a shark 🦈 in the water!
- That shark 🦈 sculpture is so realistic.