# 🦪 Oyster emoji

🦪 Oyster is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: diving and pearl.

- Emoji: 🦪
- Unicode name: oyster
- Code points: U+1F9AA
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :oyster:
- Keywords: diving, oyster, pearl
- Page: https://emojichart.com/oyster-emoji

## What it means

An oyster in its rough, ridged shell. It is used for oysters as food, pearls, the seaside, and the saying the world is your oyster, meaning full of possibilities.

## How to type 🦪

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “oyster”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “oyster”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “oyster”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “oyster”.
- GitHub: Type :oyster: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | ostra | buceo, ostra, perla |
| Français (fr) | huître | coquillage, coquille, huître, mollusque, perle |
| Deutsch (de) | Auster | Auster, Meer, Muschel, Perle, tauchen, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | ostrica | alimento, cibo, mollusco, ostrea, ostrica, perla |
| Português (pt) | ostra | frutos do mar, mar, mergulho, ostra, pérola |
| Nederlands (nl) | oester | duiken, oester, parel |
| Svenska (sv) | ostron | dyka, ostron, pärlor |
| Polski (pl) | ostryga | małże, nurkowanie, ostryga, perła, perły, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | istiridye | dalma, inci, istiridye |
| Русский (ru) | устрица | жемчуг, жемчужина, нырять, раковина, ракушка, устрица, устричный |
| Українська (uk) | устриця | мушля, перли, перлина, устриця, устричний |
| Ελληνικά (el) | στρείδι | κατάδυση, μαργαριτάρι, στρείδι |
| العربية (ar) | محار | بحر, جندوفلي, صدف, صدفة, طعام, غطس, كنز, كنوز, لؤلؤ, محار, محارة |
| עברית (he) | צדפה | אויסטר, חלזונות, פירות ים, צדפה, צדפות, שבלולים |
| فارسی (fa) | صدف خوراکی | آبزی, خوراک, خوراکی, دریایی, شیرجه, صدف خوراکی, غذا, غواصی, مروارید |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सीप | ऑइस्टर, ऑयस्टर, गोताखोरी, घोंघा, मोती, सीप, सीपी |
| বাংলা (bn) | ওয়েস্টার | ওয়েস্টার, ঝিনুক, ডুবুরি, পার্ল, মুক্ত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tiram | menyelam, mutiara, selam, tiram |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hàu | hàu, lặn, ngọc trai |
| ไทย (th) | หอยนางรม | ไข่มุก, ดำน้ำ, มุก, หอยนางรม, หอยมุก |
| 日本語 (ja) | 牡蠣 | オイスター, カキ, シーフード, ダイビング, 牡蠣, 生ガキ, 真珠, 貝, 魚介 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 굴 | 굴, 다이빙, 진주 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 牡蛎 | 海鲜, 牡蛎, 珍珠, 生蚝 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 牡蠣 | 潛水, 牡蠣, 珍珠 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): oester
- Akan (ak): Ɔeseta
- Albanian (sq): gocë deti
- Amharic (am): ሼል
- Anii (blo): garoroikɔkɔ
- Armenian (hy): ոստրե
- Assamese (as): ঐষ্টাৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): stridiya
- Bashkir (ba): устрица
- Basque (eu): ostra
- Belarusian (be): вустрыца
- Bosnian (bs): kamenica
- Breton (br): istr
- Bulgarian (bg): стрида
- Burmese (my): ကမာ
- Cantonese (yue): 生蠔
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 生蚝
- Catalan (ca): ostra
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏔᎾ ᏓᎬᎾ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 蠔
- Chuvash (cv): устрис
- Croatian (hr): kamenica
- Czech (cs): ústřice
- Danish (da): østers
- Estonian (et): auster
- Faroese (fo): ostra
- Filipino (fil): talaba
- Finnish (fi): osteri
- Galician (gl): ostra
- Georgian (ka): ხამანწკა
- Gujarati (gu): ઑઇસ્ટર
- Hausa (ha): oyesta
- Hungarian (hu): osztriga
- Icelandic (is): ostra
- Igbo (ig): oporo gbarampi
- Irish (ga): oisre
- Javanese (jv): tiram
- Kannada (kn): ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿ
- Kazakh (kk): устрица
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۋستريسا
- Khmer (km): អ័រស្ទ័រ
- Konkani (kok): शिनाणें
- Kyrgyz (ky): устрица
- Lao (lo): ຫອຍ​ນາງ​ລົມ
- Latvian (lv): austere
- Lithuanian (lt): austrė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wustrica
- Macedonian (mk): острига
- Malay (ms): tiram
- Malayalam (ml): മുത്തുച്ചിപ്പി
- Marathi (mr): शिंपला
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): ostión
- Mongolian (mn): хясаа
- Nepali (ne): ओइस्टर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ọísta
- Norwegian (no): østers
- Odia (or): ଶାମୁକା
- Oromo (om): ooyisterii
- Pashto (ps): سمندري صدف
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿੱਪ
- Quechua (qu): ostra
- Romanian (ro): stridie
- Romansh (rm): austra
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): eisir
- Serbian (sr): острига
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ostriga
- Shan (shn): ႁွႆဢွင်ႇငႄး
- Sindhi (sd): اوئيسٽر
- Sinhala (si): බෙල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): ustrica
- Slovenian (sl): ostriga
- Somali (so): lohod
- Swahili (sw): chaza
- Tamil (ta): சிப்பி உணவு வகை
- Telugu (te): ఆయెస్టర్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኦይስተር
- Tongan (to): tofe
- Turkmen (tk): ustrisa
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wustrica
- Urdu (ur): صدفہ
- Uzbek (uz): chigʻanoq
- Welsh (cy): wystrys
- Yoruba (yo): alákàn ńlá
- Zulu (zu): i-oyster

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9AA` |
| HTML | `🦪` |
| CSS | `\1F9AA` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9AA}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9AA` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 AA` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDAA` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%AA` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦪 oyster emoji mean?

An oyster in its rough, ridged shell. It is used for oysters as food, pearls, the seaside, and the saying the world is your oyster, meaning full of possibilities.

### How do I type the 🦪 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “oyster”. 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 :oyster:.

### When was the 🦪 emoji added?

🦪 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦪?

U+1F9AA. In HTML you can write 🦪, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9AA}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/oyster-emoji