Oyster 🦪
History & usage: This emoji shows a simple oyster icon that people use to add a playful, coastal touch to messages and social posts. In chats, it can signal a moment of curiosity, value hidden ideas, or simply add a curious vibe to a joke. In posts and comments, it’s handy as a tiny visual signal when you want to hint at something valuable, rare, or worth noting without words. In UI labels and buttons, it can serve as a cheerful badge for seafood or gift-related content, or to mark a playful category. Reactions use it to underscore interest or surprise in a lighthearted way. Accessibility note: for screen readers, include alt text like “oyster emoji.”
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F9AA - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 AA - UTF-16:
D83E DDAA - UTF-32:
0001F9AA - HTML dec:
🦪 - HTML hex:
🦪 - JS escape:
\u{1F9AA} - Python \N{}:
\N{OYSTER} - Python \U:
\U0001F9AA - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%AA - CSS escape:
\1F9AA
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F9AA or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🦪 (hex) or 🦪 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.