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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."