# 🦈 Shark emoji

🦈 Shark is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: animal and fish.

- Emoji: 🦈
- Unicode name: shark
- Code points: U+1F988
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :shark:
- Keywords: animal, fish, shark
- Page: https://emojichart.com/shark-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | tiburón | pez, tiburón |
| Français (fr) | requin | animal, Dents de la mer, poisson, requin |
| Deutsch (de) | Hai | Fisch, Hai, Haifisch, Meer, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | squalo | aggressività, animale, animali, pericolo, pesce, squalo |
| Português (pt) | tubarão | peixe, tubarão |
| Nederlands (nl) | haai | dier, haai, vis |
| Svenska (sv) | haj | fisk, haj |
| Polski (pl) | rekin | morze, ocean, rekin, ryba, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | köpek balığı | balık, deniz, hayvan, jaws, köpek balığı, okyanus |
| Русский (ru) | акула | акула, рыба, хищник |
| Українська (uk) | акула | акула, риба |
| Ελληνικά (el) | καρχαρίας | ζώο, καρχαρίας, ψάρι |
| العربية (ar) | سمكة قرش | سمكة قرش, قرش, محيط |
| עברית (he) | כריש | דג, כריש |
| فارسی (fa) | کوسه | کوسه, ماهی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | शार्क | पशु, मछली, शार्क |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাঙ্গর | জীবজন্তু, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, মাছ, হাঙ্গর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | hiu | binatang, hewan, hiu, ikan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá mập | cá, cá mập, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | ฉลาม | ฉลาม, ปลา |
| 日本語 (ja) | サメ | サメ, 動物, 魚 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 상어 | 동물, 물고기, 바다생물, 상어, 어류 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鲨鱼 | 鱼, 鲨, 鲨鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鯊魚 | 動物, 魚, 鯊魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): haai
- Akan (ak): Aboodede
- Albanian (sq): peshkaqen
- Amharic (am): ሻርክ
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ rekɛɛŋ
- Armenian (hy): շնաձուկ
- Assamese (as): শ্বাৰ্ক
- Azerbaijani (az): akula
- Bashkir (ba): акула
- Basque (eu): marrazoa
- Belarusian (be): акула
- Bosnian (bs): ajkula
- Breton (br): rinkin
- Bulgarian (bg): акула
- Burmese (my): ငါးမန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 鯊魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鲨鱼
- Catalan (ca): tauró
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎧᏳᎦ
- Chuvash (cv): акула
- Croatian (hr): morski pas
- Czech (cs): žralok
- Danish (da): haj
- Estonian (et): hai
- Faroese (fo): hávur
- Filipino (fil): pating
- Finnish (fi): hai
- Galician (gl): tiburón
- Georgian (ka): ზვიგენი
- Gujarati (gu): શાર્ક
- Hausa (ha): kifin shark
- Hungarian (hu): cápa
- Icelandic (is): hákarl
- Igbo (ig): akụm
- Irish (ga): siorc
- Javanese (jv): hiu
- Kalaallisut (kl): haj
- Kannada (kn): ಶಾರ್ಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): акула
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اكۋلا
- Khmer (km): ត្រីឆ្លាម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): roke
- Konkani (kok): मोरी
- Kyrgyz (ky): акула
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tib’kar
- Lao (lo): ສະຫຼາມ
- Latvian (lv): haizivs
- Lithuanian (lt): ryklys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): žrawik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Hai
- Macedonian (mk): ајкула
- Malay (ms): jerung
- Malayalam (ml): സ്രാവ്
- Maltese (mt): kelb il-baħar
- Marathi (mr): शार्क
- Mongolian (mn): акул
- Māori (mi): mangō
- Nepali (ne): शार्क माछा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Shak
- Northern Sotho (nso): šaka
- Norwegian (no): hai
- Odia (or): ଶାର୍କ୍‌
- Oromo (om): shaarkii
- Pashto (ps): شارک
- Punjabi (pa): ਸ਼ਾਰਕ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): شارک
- Quechua (qu): tiburon
- Romanian (ro): rechin
- Romansh (rm): squagl
- Sardinian (sc): canisca
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cearban
- Serbian (sr): ајкула
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ajkula
- Shan (shn): ပႃႁၢႆႉ
- Sindhi (sd): شارڪ
- Sinhala (si): මෝරා
- Slovak (sk): žralok
- Slovenian (sl): morski pes
- Somali (so): kalluun libaax
- Swahili (sw): papa
- Tajik (tg): кӯсамоҳӣ
- Tamil (ta): சுறா
- Telugu (te): సొరచేప
- Tigrinya (ti): ከልቢ ዓሳ
- Tongan (to): ʻanga
- Tswana (tn): shaka
- Turkmen (tk): akula
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žrawc
- Urdu (ur): شارک
- Uyghur (ug): لەھەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): akula
- Welsh (cy): siarc
- Wolof (wo): rekeŋ
- Xhosa (xh): ukrebe
- Yoruba (yo): Ṣáàkì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Sháàkì
- Zulu (zu): ushaka

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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