What does 🔪 mean?
Kitchen knife: cooking and chopping – but it can read as a threat, so use carefully.
Its official Unicode name is HOCHO and its CLDR short name is "kitchen knife" (in Hungarian: "konyhakés"). It belongs to the Food & Drink group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- chef
- cooking
- hocho
- kitchen
- knife
- tool
- weapon
In Hungarian: eszköz, fegyver, felszerelés, főzés, kés, konyha, séf, szakács
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🔪 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F52A. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- HOCHO
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- konyhakés
- English name (CLDR)
- kitchen knife
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Food & Drink · dishware
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :hocho: :knife:
Related emojis
- Chopsticks
- Fork and knife with plate
- Fork and knife
- Spoon
- Jar
- Amphora
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🔪 emoji mean?
Kitchen knife: cooking and chopping – but it can read as a threat, so use carefully.
How do I type the 🔪 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "chef".
When was the 🔪 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.