Spoon Emoji
Food
A silver-colored spoon resting at a slight angle. The design features a shallow, oval-shaped bowl connected to a handle, accurately mimicking the standard piece of flatware used for eating soups, cereals, or desserts.
Usage Context
Used to talk about cooking, eating, or specific food items like ice cream or broth. It often appears in conversations about feeding, kitchen chores, or meal planning. It is frequently grouped with other dining essentials like the fork or knife to round out a table setting.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016, this emoji was introduced to complete the basic cutlery set on mobile devices. It filled a long-standing gap for food-related digital communication, as users previously had to rely on less specific icons to describe eating habits.
Details
Glyph
🥄
Unicode
U+1F944
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f944:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Food
Subcategory dishware
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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