# 🦐 Shrimp emoji

🦐 Shrimp is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: food, shellfish and small.

- Emoji: 🦐
- Unicode name: shrimp
- Code points: U+1F990
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :shrimp:
- Keywords: food, shellfish, shrimp, small
- Page: https://emojichart.com/shrimp-emoji

## What it means

Curled and pink with long antennae, this shrimp shows off its segmented body. It is used for shrimp, shellfish, seafood meals like shrimp cocktail or scampi, and, jokingly, anything small.

## How to type 🦐

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | gamba | camarón, comida, gamba, langostino, marisco |
| Français (fr) | crevette | aliment, crevette, crustacé, fruits de mer, nourriture |
| Deutsch (de) | Garnele | Garnele, Gourmet, Krustentier, Meeresfrucht, Shrimp |
| Italiano (it) | gamberetto | animale, animali, cibo, crostaceo, gamberetto, gambero, mare, oceano |
| Português (pt) | camarão | animal, camarão, comida, crustáceo |
| Nederlands (nl) | garnaal | garnaal, klein, schaaldier, voedsel |
| Svenska (sv) | räka | liten, mat, räka, skaldjur |
| Polski (pl) | krewetka | jedzenie, krewetka, morze, ocean, owoce morza, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | karides | deniz, deniz mahsulü, kabuklu deniz hayvanı, karides, küçük, okyanus, yiyecek |
| Русский (ru) | креветка | еда, креветка, маленькая, морепродукты, ракообразные, рачок |
| Українська (uk) | креветка | їжа, креветка, морепродукт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γαρίδα | γαρίδα, μικρό, οστρακοειδές, τροφή |
| العربية (ar) | جمبري | أكل, بحر, جمبري, حيوان, شرمب, طعام, قريدس, محار |
| עברית (he) | שרימפ | בעל חיים, חסילון, פירות ים, שרימפ |
| فارسی (fa) | میگو | جانور دریایی, ماهی, میگو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झींगा | खाना, छोटा, झींगा, भोजन, शंख |
| বাংলা (bn) | চিংড়ি | খাবার, খোলাওয়ালা মাছ, চিংড়ি, ছোট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | udang | binatang, hewan, ikan bercangkang, makanan, udang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tôm | nhỏ, thức ăn, tôm, tôm cua |
| ไทย (th) | กุ้ง | กุ้ง, อาหาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | エビ | エビ, シーフード, シュリンプ, 動物, 小エビ |
| 한국어 (ko) | 새우 | 갑각류, 바다생물, 새우, 식품, 음식, 작은 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 虾 | 甲壳, 虾, 贝类水产, 食物 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蝦子 | 甲殼, 蝦, 蝦子, 食物 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): garnaal
- Akan (ak): mɔnko
- Albanian (sq): karkalec deti
- Amharic (am): ትንሽ አሣ
- Anii (blo): gakaŋfɔɩ
- Armenian (hy): ծովախեցգետին
- Assamese (as): শিঙি
- Azerbaijani (az): krevet
- Bashkir (ba): креветка
- Basque (eu): ganba
- Belarusian (be): крэветка
- Bosnian (bs): škamp
- Breton (br): chevr
- Bulgarian (bg): скарида
- Burmese (my): ပုစွန်
- Cantonese (yue): 蝦
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 虾
- Catalan (ca): gamba
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏅᏅ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 蝦
- Chuvash (cv): креветка
- Croatian (hr): škamp
- Czech (cs): kreveta
- Danish (da): reje
- Estonian (et): krevett
- Faroese (fo): rækja
- Filipino (fil): hipon
- Finnish (fi): katkarapu
- Galician (gl): gamba
- Georgian (ka): კრევეტი
- Gujarati (gu): ઝીંગું
- Hausa (ha): jatanlande
- Hungarian (hu): garnélarák
- Icelandic (is): rækja
- Igbo (ig): ayịya
- Irish (ga): ribe róibéis
- Javanese (jv): urang
- Kalaallisut (kl): reje
- Kannada (kn): ಶ್ರಿಂಪ್
- Kazakh (kk): асшаян
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اسشايان
- Khmer (km): បង្គារ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kerevete
- Konkani (kok): सुंगट
- Kyrgyz (ky): креветка
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): kamaron
- Lao (lo): ກຸ້ງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): camarón
- Latvian (lv): garnele
- Lithuanian (lt): krevetė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): garnela
- Luxembourgish (lb): Crevette
- Macedonian (mk): ракче
- Malay (ms): udang
- Malayalam (ml): ചെമ്മീൻ
- Maltese (mt): gamblu
- Marathi (mr): झिंगा
- Mongolian (mn): сам хорхой
- Māori (mi): kōuraura
- Nepali (ne): श्रिम्प
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Shrimp
- Northern Sotho (nso): šerimpo
- Norwegian (no): reke
- Odia (or): ଚିଙ୍ଗୁଡ଼ି
- Oromo (om): raammoo bishaan keessaa
- Pashto (ps): شریمپ
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੀਂਗਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جھینگا
- Quechua (qu): camaron
- Romanian (ro): crevete
- Romansh (rm): crevetta
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): carrain
- Serbian (sr): рачић
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): račić
- Shan (shn): ၵုင်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): جهينگو
- Sinhala (si): කූනිස්සා
- Slovak (sk): kreveta
- Slovenian (sl): morski rakec
- Somali (so): kalluun qolof la shiilay
- Swahili (sw): uduvi
- Tajik (tg): гамбусакча
- Tamil (ta): கூனிறால்
- Telugu (te): రొయ్య
- Tigrinya (ti): ጋምበሪ
- Tongan (to): ʻuosiʻisiʻi
- Tswana (tn): shrimp
- Turkmen (tk): krewetka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): garnela
- Urdu (ur): جھینگا
- Uyghur (ug): راك
- Uzbek (uz): mayda qisqichbaqa
- Welsh (cy): berdysyn
- Wolof (wo): krëwet
- Xhosa (xh): inqonci
- Yoruba (yo): Ede
- Zulu (zu): imfanzi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F990` |
| HTML | `🦐` |
| CSS | `\1F990` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F990}` |
| Python | `\U0001F990` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 90` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD90` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%90` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦐 shrimp emoji mean?

Curled and pink with long antennae, this shrimp shows off its segmented body. It is used for shrimp, shellfish, seafood meals like shrimp cocktail or scampi, and, jokingly, anything small.

### How do I type the 🦐 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦐 emoji added?

🦐 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F990. In HTML you can write 🦐, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F990}.

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