Squid emoji meaning

The squid emoji is a playful image of a squid, typically shown in a simplified, cartoon-like style. It features a long, pointed body, multiple flowing tentacles, and a pair of big, expressive eyes. This emoji is often used to represent the squid as a fascinating sea creature or to talk about seafood dishes like calamari. It can also symbolize topics related to the ocean, nature, or marine wildlife. Its friendly and approachable design makes it a fun way to bring up underwater themes or anything inspired by sea life.

The squid emoji was approved in Unicode 9.0 and added in Emoji 3.0, see related proposal L2/15267