🔪 meaning at a glance
- Plain meaning: Unicode calls this emoji “kitchen knife.” It can show kitchen knife in notes about food, drinks, menus, cravings, or meal plans.
- Usual tone: Literal · Social
- Use with care: Read the words around it. The relationship, culture, and app design can change how it feels.
- Technical type: Single-Code-Point Emoji from Emoji 0.6
What does 🔪 mean in messages?
Unicode calls this emoji “kitchen knife.” It can show kitchen knife in notes about food, drinks, menus, cravings, or meal plans.
Use 🔪 for meals, ingredients, cravings, hospitality, or plans. Unicode calls it “kitchen knife.” That name is a safe, neutral label when the social meaning is not clear.
For a wider view, browse food & drink emoji, use the emoji meaning finder, or read the emoji meanings in context guide.
Example messages with 🔪
Unicode construction and code points
This copyable emoji is a single-code-point emoji. It uses 1 core Unicode code point: U+1F52A hocho.
U+1F52AhochoVersion and platform support
The kitchen knife emoji was introduced in Emoji 0.6 and is classified in the dishware subgroup. This emoji has broad support on modern platforms, but its artwork can still differ substantially between vendors.
Names, keywords, and classification
The standardized name is “kitchen knife.” Search terms indexed for this entry include kitchen, knife. It belongs to Food & Drink and the dishware subgroup. These labels help identify and find the character; they do not prove a sender’s intended tone.
Accessibility and clear wording
For alt text, start with “kitchen knife.” Use clearer words when the emoji is only decoration, a metaphor, or slang.
Do not use this emoji as the only carrier of an emergency, deadline, consent decision, medical instruction, or other high-stakes message. The character is standardized, but Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, and social platforms supply different artwork.