Cook emoji ๐งโ๐ณ
Emoji 12.1 (2019) ยท U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F373
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโ๐ณ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Cook ๐งโ๐ณ is tagged with these keywords: chef.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing chef or cook in the emoji search brings up ๐งโ๐ณ.
Cook ๐งโ๐ณ is one of 82 emoji in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to ๐จโ๐ณ ๐ฉโ๐ณ ๐งโ๐ง ๐จโ๐ง.
๐งโ๐ณ comes in 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโ๐ณ to ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ณ, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will ๐งโ๐ณ show on my friend's phone?
๐งโ๐ณ was added in Emoji 12.1 (2019). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
What ๐งโ๐ณ is made of
๐งโ๐ณ is a sequence of 2 emoji: ๐ง person + ๐ณ cooking, glued together with the invisible zero width joiner (U+200D). A phone that does not know the combination shows the parts side by side.
How to type ๐งโ๐ณ
Any emoji picker finds ๐งโ๐ณ when you search for cook.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cook.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type cook in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cook.
Codes for developers
Cook ๐งโ๐ณ is written with 3 code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F373. In UTF-8 it takes 11 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F373 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧑‍🍳 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧑‍🍳 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9D1 \200D \1F373"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9D1}\u200D\u{1F373} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8D%B3 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 8D B3 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโ๐ณ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | cook |
| Portuguรชs | chef de cozinha |
| Espaรฑol | chef |
| Italiano | persona che cucina |
| Franรงais | cuisinier (tous genres) |
| Deutsch | Koch/Kรถchin |
| Tรผrkรงe | aลรงฤฑ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | koki |
| Polski | kucharz |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะฟะพะฒะฐั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ใณใใฏ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์๋ฆฌ์ฌ |
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What does the cook emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโ๐ณ "cook" and links it with chef. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.
When was the cook emoji added?
In Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโ๐ณ?
Yes. ๐งโ๐ณ has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ณ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ณ ๐ง๐พโ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ณ. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.