cooking Emoji
The 🍳 cooking symbol (cooked food) is used to represent preparing meals and hot breakfast items.
U+1F373
🍳 is a “Cooking” emoji often used to signal meal preparation or breakfast food. It’s common in recipe content, kitchen-themed designs, and food-related UI. Copy it easily using the included codes.
cooking Emoji Meaning
🍳 (Unicode name: COOKING, U+1F373) shows a cooking-related icon commonly associated with preparing food, especially breakfast dishes. As a “Cooked Food” emoji, it’s frequently used to suggest frying, cooking, or serving a ready-to-eat meal. People also use it to set a warm, food-forward tone in social posts, menus, and promotional banners. In interfaces and messages, it can act as a quick visual label for cooking content, kitchen services, or “food is being prepared” status. Its meaning is usually straightforward: cooking, kitchen activity, or a cooked meal context.
Common uses
- •Labeling recipe posts, cooking tips, or kitchen content in social media and newsletters
- •Using in menus and food-ordering apps to indicate cooked items or breakfast specials
- •Enhancing website or app UI for cooking-related categories (recipes, meal prep, diner services)
- •Marking food preparation status in chat messages or workflow updates (e.g., “cooking now”)
- •Decorating greeting cards, flyers, or event promotions for cooking events and brunch
Examples
🍳 Cooking Symbol | Meanings & Copy
- 🍳Today’s special: 🍳 scrambled eggs & toast.
- 🍳New recipe! Click to see how we cook perfect pancakes 🍳
- 🍳Brunch is open—chef is cooking now 🍳
- 🍳Meal prep tip: keep it hot and ready 🍳
- 🍳From our kitchen to your table 🍳
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1F373 | |
| HTML Entity | 🍳 | |
| HTML Code | 🍳 | |
| CSS | \1F373 | |
| Decimal | 127859 |
How to type cooking Emoji (🍳)
On Windows
In Word, type 1F373 then press Alt + X. Or open the emoji picker with Windows key + period.
On Mac
Press Control + Command + Space to open Character Viewer and search for the character.
On Linux
Press Control + Shift + U, type 1f373, then press Enter or Space.
Anywhere
Copy 🍳 with the button above and paste it wherever you need it — this works on every device and in every app, with no keyboard shortcut to remember.
FAQ
What does the 🍳 cooking emoji mean?
It generally means cooking or meal preparation, often used for cooked food or breakfast-style dishes.
What is the Unicode code point for 🍳?
It is U+1F373.
How can I copy the symbol for web pages?
You can copy the emoji directly as “🍳”, or use HTML entity 🍳.
What code can I use in CSS or JavaScript?
CSS escape: \\1F373. JavaScript escape: \\u{1F373}.