🦐 Shrimp Emoji – Copy & Unicode

Unicode data

Unicode name: shrimp
CLDR short name: shrimp
Korean name (CLDR): 새우
Code points: U+1F990
Group: Animals & Nature
Subgroup: Animal Marine
Added to Unicode: 9.0
Added to Emoji: 3.0
Sequence: Single code point
Skin tones: Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji — these are what search matches against.

food shellfish shrimp small

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character

🦐

Unicode code points

U+1F990

JavaScript escape

\u{1f990}

CSS escape · For content: "…"

\1F990

HTML hexadecimal entity

🦐

HTML decimal entity

🦐

JSON escaped string

"\uD83E\uDD90"

Python Unicode escape

\U0001F990

Java Unicode escape · UTF-16 surrogate pairs

\uD83E\uDD90

URL encoded value

%F0%9F%A6%90

UTF-8 bytes

F0 9F A6 90

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, “shrimp”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row — each repetition is read out in full.

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Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group — not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Shrimp?

Shrimp is U+1F990.

Does Shrimp support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

How do I use Shrimp in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🦐 in HTML, \u{1f990} in JavaScript.

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