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Shrimp emoji 🦐

🦐 is the shrimp (prawn), a curled orange shrimp, and 🍀 fried shrimp is the breaded tempura version. They mean shrimp and seafood β€” barbecues, paella, sushi β€” and 🦐 is a…

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What the shrimp 🦐 emoji means

🦐 is the shrimp (prawn), a curled orange shrimp, and 🍀 fried shrimp is the breaded tempura version. They mean shrimp and seafood β€” barbecues, paella, sushi β€” and 🦐 is a gentle joke for small or hunched (β€œshrimp posture” at a desk). Added in Emoji 3.0 (2016); 🍀 is from 2010. Shellfish family: πŸ¦€ crab, 🦞 lobster.

Unicode name: shrimp Β· U+1F990 Β· Emoji 3.0 (2016) Β· group: Animals & Nature.

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How people use it

  • Seafood: prawns, paella, tempura
  • Small: height jokes
  • Shrimp posture: desk slouch
  • Sushi (🍀): ebi

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
shrimpU+1F990Raw shrimp
fried shrimpU+1F364Tempura
crabU+1F980Crab
lobsterU+1F99ELobster
sushiU+1F363Sushi

Questions people ask

What does 🦐 mean?

A shrimp β€” seafood, or a joke about being small.

Is there a prawn emoji?

🦐 shrimp is used for prawns.

What is 🍀?

Fried shrimp β€” breaded tempura prawn.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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