🥄 Spoon Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste, Codes

01 — Meaning

What does the 🥄 Spoon emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, the 🥄 emoji means a spoon. People use it to represent food, eating, or anything related to a spoon. It's a simple way to add a visual element to a message. 🥄 sits in food emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in blue emojis.

Where it comes from

The 🥄 emoji represents a spoon. It’s often used when talking about food, particularly soup, ice cream, or anything that needs scooping. People use it to express enjoyment of a meal, offer a suggestion for a drink, or simply to add a cute, kitchen-related element to a conversation. It can also signal a comforting or nostalgic feeling.

Also known as

One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.

eat emojitableware emoji

02 — Platforms

Spoon emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the spoon has been drawn in 3 ways.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

SamsungGalaxy, One UI

MicrosoftWindows, Teams, Fluent

WhatsAppWhatsApp on Android

JoyPixelsSlack, Discord themes

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Spoon emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :spoon:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F944.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🥄 Spoon emoji

Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “spoon”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “spoon”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :spoon: and it converts to 🥄 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🥄, in CSS \1F944, in JavaScript \u{1F944}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Spoon emoji PNG and SVG

Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.

Emoji PNG library →

Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

Samsung PNG · 64px

Microsoft PNG · 64px

WhatsApp PNG · 64px

JoyPixels PNG · 64px

06 — Combinations

Spoon emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around spoon for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

All combinations →

Cute spoon combos

Party spoon combos

Aesthetic spoon combos

Dark spoon combos

Love spoon combos

Cool spoon combos

Mood spoon combos

Flex spoon combos

Unhinged spoon combos

Soft spoon combos

Late night spoon combos

Summer spoon combos

Gaming spoon combos

Y2K spoon combos

Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🥄 means from a girl or a guy

Who sent the spoon and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.

From a girl

If a girl sends you a 🥄, she might be playfully suggesting you try something sweet, like ice cream. Sometimes it’s just a cute way to talk about food, and she might be emphasizing that she wants to share something nice with you. It’s not necessarily romantic, but can be a friendly gesture.

From a guy

If a guy sends you a 🥄, he could be suggesting you have soup or a similar warm drink. It’s often just a casual comment about food. He might also be using it lightheartedly to indicate a need for something comforting.

How to reply

You could reply with: "Sounds delicious 🥄😋", "Ice cream sounds perfect 🥄🍦", “Need a spoon? 🥄😂”, or "Let's get soup 🥄🍲".

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🥄 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

Chat apps do not change U+1F944, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.

TikTok & Instagram

Generally, the 🥄 emoji means a spoon. People use it to represent food, eating, or anything related to a spoon. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🥄 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🥄 in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :spoon:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🥄 looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🥄 from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the Spoon emoji

Same family (dishware) — often confused with spoon or used alongside it.

Food & Drink →

🫙Jar 🍴Fork and Knife 🍽️Fork and Knife with Plate 🥢Chopsticks 🔪Kitchen Knife 🏺Amphora 🍏Green Apple 🍎Red Apple 🍐Pear 🍊Tangerine 🍋Lemon

Lime

Collections 🥄 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

food emojis blue emojis

10 — Difference

🥄 vs 🥣 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🥄 Spoon

Unicode name: Spoon

Code: U+1F944 · added 2016

Shortcode: :spoon:

Generally, the 🥄 emoji means a spoon.

🥣 Bowl with Spoon

Unicode name: Bowl with Spoon

Code: U+1F963 · added 2017

Shortcode: :bowl_with_spoon:

Basically, it just means a bowl of something.

Open 🥣 Bowl with Spoon →

11 — History

Where the 🥄 Spoon emoji came from

When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.

AppleiOS

GoogleAndroid

Spoon emoji, Google, Blob, 2017 — Blob, 2017

Spoon emoji, Google, Redesign, 2017 — Redesign, 2017

Spoon emoji, Google, Android 2018 — Android 2018

Spoon emoji, Google, Android 2020 — Android 2020

Twitter / XTwemoji

Spoon emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Spoon emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F944 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

2016

Added to the standard

Spoon was approved as U+1F944 and shipped in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today

Drawn 9 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🥄 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Spoon emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🥄 Spoon emoji mean?

Generally, the 🥄 emoji means a spoon. People use it to represent food, eating, or anything related to a spoon. It's a simple way to add a visual element to a message.

What does 🥄 mean from a girl?

If a girl sends you a 🥄, she might be playfully suggesting you try something sweet, like ice cream. Sometimes it’s just a cute way to talk about food, and she might be emphasizing that she wants to share something nice with you. It’s not necessarily romantic, but can be a friendly gesture.

What does 🥄 mean from a guy?

If a guy sends you a 🥄, he could be suggesting you have soup or a similar warm drink. It’s often just a casual comment about food. He might also be using it lightheartedly to indicate a need for something comforting.

How do you reply to the 🥄 emoji?

You could reply with: "Sounds delicious 🥄😋", "Ice cream sounds perfect 🥄🍦", “Need a spoon? 🥄😂”, or "Let's get soup 🥄🍲".

What else is the 🥄 emoji called?

Spoon is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “eat emoji”, “tableware emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F944.

What is the Unicode code for 🥄?

The Spoon emoji is U+1F944, added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). In HTML you can write it as 🥄, and in CSS as \1F944.

How do I copy and paste the 🥄 emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🥄 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :spoon: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🥄 look the same on every phone?

No. Spoon is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp and JoyPixels all ship their own artwork for U+1F944. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

🥄Spoon Emoji

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