U+1F988 "🦈" Shark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦈
U+1F988 "🦈" Shark is a standardized pictorial representation of a shark, typically depicted as a large, streamlined gray fish with a prominent dorsal fin, a pointed snout, and a powerful tail, often shown in a side profile swimming to the left. This emoji belongs to the Animal Marine category and is widely used in digital communication to convey themes related to the ocean, danger, predatory behavior, or simply a love for marine life. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent rendering across different platforms and devices, allowing users to express concepts like fear of sharks, the popular movie "Jaws," or metaphorical references to aggressive business tactics or high-stakes competition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F988 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Shark |
| Block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🦈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🦈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDD88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F988 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udd88 |