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🍤 Fried shrimp

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🍤 Emoji meaning

In the mood for tempura? Shrimp, Asian cuisine, naughty innuendo.

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🍤 Meaning

The prawn fritter (ebi furai) is a popular food in Japan. Appears in connection with a holiday in Asia, a visit to a Japanese restaurant, or with small male genitals.

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Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Fried shrimp

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Fried shrimp vs lobster; both red/orange crustaceans in food contexts.

Fried shrimp

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Fried shrimp vs shrimp; same ingredient, one breaded; both represent shrimp dishes.

Fried shrimp

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Fried shrimp vs dango; both skewered/fried stick-like foods on some platforms.

Same Shape

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Sushi vs fried shrimp; both sushi-restaurant items with rice/seafood.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Fried shrimp” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6.

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

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- fried shrimp

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

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+ fried shrimp

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

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+ fried + prawn + shrimp + tempura

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

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- fried - prawn - shrimp - tempura

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Comments

(1) Comment

Doug 12/4/2025
A small, short, or weak person, often referred to as a "shrimp."