🍴Meaning and Description
The emoji🍴 features a silver fork to the left of a knife, both laid out horizontally. The fork and the knife are usually silver or gray, and have three or four prongs and a sharp blade, respectively. They are common utensils for eating food, especially in Western cultures.
The table knife used for eating was developed in the 17th century by King Louis XIV of France. As for the fork, it was introduced to the dining table in the Middle Ages in Europe and was initially met with resistance, being seen as an unnecessary luxury. However, it eventually became a staple of Western dining etiquette.
It's mainly used to symbolize eating, dining, and food in general. You might see it in a text discussing dinner plans, in a tweet about a delicious meal, or in an Instagram caption for a foodie's post. It can also be paired with other emojis, like the spoon emoji🥄, to represent a full set of cutlery, or with various food emojis to create a more vivid dining scene.
Some Twitter users may use it to represent Fortnite, an online video game🎮️.
The table knife used for eating was developed in the 17th century by King Louis XIV of France. As for the fork, it was introduced to the dining table in the Middle Ages in Europe and was initially met with resistance, being seen as an unnecessary luxury. However, it eventually became a staple of Western dining etiquette.
It's mainly used to symbolize eating, dining, and food in general. You might see it in a text discussing dinner plans, in a tweet about a delicious meal, or in an Instagram caption for a foodie's post. It can also be paired with other emojis, like the spoon emoji🥄, to represent a full set of cutlery, or with various food emojis to create a more vivid dining scene.
Some Twitter users may use it to represent Fortnite, an online video game🎮️.
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🍴Basic Information
Emoji: | 🍴 |
Shortname: | fork and knife |
Apple Name: | fork and knife |
Known as: | Cutlery | Knife And Fork | Silverware | Restaurant |
Codepoint: | U+1F374 Copy |
Shortcode: | :fork_and_knife: Copy |
Decimal: | ALT+127860 |
Unicode Version: | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
Emoji Version: | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
Categories: | 🍓 Food & Drink |
Sub Categories: | 🍴 Dishware |
Keywords: | cooking | cutlery | fork | fork and knife | knife |
Proposal: | L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026 |
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Date Range: 2019-04-14 - 2024-04-14
Update Time: 2024-04-17 18:14:42 UTC Emoji 🍴 was released in 2019-07.
Update Time: 2024-04-17 18:14:42 UTC Emoji 🍴 was released in 2019-07.
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🍴More Languages
Language | Short Name & Link |
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Arabic | 🍴 شوكة وسكينة |
Bulgarian | 🍴 нож и вилица |
Chinese, Simplified | 🍴 刀叉 |
Chinese, Traditional | 🍴 刀叉 |
Croatian | 🍴 vilica i nož |
Czech | 🍴 vidlička a nůž |
Danish | 🍴 kniv og gaffel |
Dutch | 🍴 mes en vork |
Filipino | 🍴 tinidor at kutsilyo |
Finnish | 🍴 haarukka ja veitsi |
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