🍳
Cooking Emoji
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Unicode Code Point | U+1F373 1F373 |
Emoji Name | cooking |
Unicode Version Date Added for Emoji | 0.6Initial release |
Category | |
Keywords | cookingeggfrying panbreakfast |
🍳 Meaning and Explanation
🍳 depicts a frying pan with an egg cooking in it. This emoji represents cooking, frying, or preparing breakfast foods.
The sizzling egg in the pan is a universal symbol of home cooking and morning routines. While it specifically shows a fried egg, it's widely used to represent cooking in general, from simple meals to elaborate dishes.
It captures that satisfying moment when fresh ingredients hit a hot pan.
🍳 How to Use
This emoji is perfect for discussing cooking, breakfast, or meal preparation.
- To show you're making breakfast
The go-to emoji for morning meal announcements. - To represent cooking in general
Works for any cooking activity, not just eggs. - To suggest making food together
Great for inviting someone to cook or eat.
🍳 Cultural Background
| Region | Common Meaning | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 North America | Breakfast/cooking eggs | Strong breakfast association |
| 🇬🇧 UK | Frying/full English breakfast | Part of traditional fry-up culture |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Cooking/home meals | Used for various cooking contexts |
| 🌍 Global | General cooking symbol | Universal cooking indicator |
| 🏃 Fitness culture | Protein/healthy breakfast | Associated with workout meals |
| 🌱 Vegetarian contexts | Sometimes avoided | Egg content may limit use |
Breakfast Culture
Morning people love using 🍳 to announce they're up and cooking breakfast.
Food blogs often use it as a header symbol for breakfast recipes or cooking tutorials.
Millennials have made 🍳 + 🥑 (avocado) the unofficial brunch emoji combo.