🦈

Shark Emoji 🦈

Grey, fin up, teeth bared, the shark emoji signals danger and predatory intent, used for actual sharks and shark-week content. It also covers people who circle for the kill in business or romance — a 'loan shark' charging brutal interest, a 'shark' closing a deal without mercy.

What 🦈 means

A full-length profile of a shark with a sharp dorsal fin on top of its body, a pair of pectoral fins on the sides, and a wide caudal fin at the edge of its tail. The face has two black eyes and a slightly open mouth.

The 🦈 Shark emoji refers to the grey reef shark, but it can be used to indicate other species as well. This emoji signifies danger, predation, aggression, nocturnal nature of hunting, and a general indication of fear.

How and when to use it

Are you posting your own version of "Baby shark, doo, doo, doo"? Then, use 🦈 in that post caption!
In a textual context, 🦈 works as a symbol of threat, in a goofy and playful way, of course. For example, "Can you just stop and listen to me for once??!! 🦈".
Did you sketch out a shark? Are you sharing those artistic pictures/videos on your social media handle? Then too, you can use 🦈 in the post caption.
Use 🦈 while sharing pictures or videos or sharks. It can be a news post, a viral video of newsworthy content, a funny video or even a shark meme.
If you're a shark lover you can use 🦈 in your social media profile name.
If you tried shark meat for the first time and you're posting this memory on social media, use 🦈 in that post caption to indicate which animal you're relishing 👀.

c Names

🦈 Grey Reef Shark
🦈 Elasmobranch Fish
🦈 Great White Shark
🦈 Whale Shark
🦈 Tiger Shark
🦈 Bruce

The lowdown

Category: Animals & Nature › animal-marine
Codepoints: U+1F988
Emoji version: Emoji 3.0
Shortcodes: :shark:
Keywords: animal, fish, shark

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.