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A silver spoon, as used to eat soup, cereal, or&nbsp;<a href="/ice-cream/">ice cream</a>&nbsp;as well as serve food&nbsp;or stir drinks. Positioned at various angles across platforms. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/">Fork and Knife</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife-with-plate/">Fork and&nbsp;Knife With Plate</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/bowl-with-spoon/">Bowl With Spoon</a>.

Spoon

A tongue, sticking out. May be&nbsp;used as a childish&nbsp;sign of defiance. Alternatively: licking, in various contexts.

Tongue

A couple standing next to each other, smiling, with a love heart floating in the air between them. No gender is specified for the two people, and as such this may be used to represent the concept of a couple broadly, and/or as a means of showing two non-binary people.

Previously shown with the same appearance as&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart-woman-man/">👩&zwj;❤️&zwj;👨 Couple With Heart: Woman, Man</a>, but now displays&nbsp;two people with an ambiguous gender&nbsp;appearance.

Couple with Heart

A <a href="/pear/">pear-shaped</a> avocado, sliced in half to show its yellow-green flesh and large brown pit. Ready for toast, guacamole, or millennial jokes.

Avocado

A stack of breakfast pancakes, topped with a pad of butter and maple syrup oozing down its golden-brown sides, onto a plate on some platforms.&nbsp;

Especially popular on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday">Pancake Tuesday</a>.

An <a href="/nsfw/">alternative use</a> for this emoji on TikTok and other platforms: to represent that someone has a flat bottom (&#39;flat as a pancake&#39;).

Pancakes

A flat, shallow, black pan with side handles, containing saffron-colored&nbsp;<a href="/cooked-rice/">rice</a>, vegetables, a leg of&nbsp;<a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, and/or&nbsp;<a href="/fried-shrimp/">shrimp&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">lemon&nbsp;</a>slices. Commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paella">paella</a>, a traditional dish from&nbsp;<a href="/flag-spain/" title="🇪🇸 Flag for Spain">Spain</a>. May be used for eating,&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">cooking</a>, dining, and meals more generally.

Apple&#39;s version of this emoji is considered to be <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-fixes-paella-emoji/">representative</a> of the traditional ingredients&nbsp;from Valencia. Samsung <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/shallow-pan-of-food/">previously displayed</a> this emoji as a Korean hot pot.

Shallow Pan of Food

A pot, as a casserole dish, filled with a warm and hearty&nbsp;<a href="/cut-of-meat/">beef&nbsp;</a>or vegetable stew on most platforms. Generally used for eating and&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">cooking&nbsp;</a>(&ldquo;a meal&rdquo;), and commonly associated with soup or Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemono">nabe</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/pot-of-food/">previously</a> resembled a bowl of ramen or other noodle dish, with&nbsp;<a href="/chopsticks/">chopsticks</a>.

Pot of Food

A bowl with a silver&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">spoon&nbsp;</a>inside, as used to eat cereal or soup. Bowl color varies across platforms, as do contents, though most are empty.

WhatsApp&#39;s bowl contains&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomato</a>&nbsp;soup, while Google&#39;s <a href="/google/android-8.0/bowl-with-spoon/">previously</a> contained&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">breakfast</a>&nbsp;cereal.

Bowl with Spoon

A can or tin of food, depicted as&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomatoes&nbsp;</a>or a generic green vegetable.&nbsp;May be also used to represent&nbsp;sauce or&nbsp;soup.

Canned Food

A bowl of steamed white rice, a staple component of cuisine throughout Asia. Bowl color varies across platforms, though is often white.

Cooked Rice

A plate of orange-brown curry with vegetables or&nbsp;<a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat</a>, served with a mound of white <a href="/cooked-rice/">rice</a>. May represent&nbsp;kare-raisu, or&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_curry">Japanese curry</a>, though commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="/flag-india/">India</a>&nbsp;and other Asian cuisines.

Curry and Rice

A bowl of steaming-hot food. Depicted as Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen#Etymology">ramen</a>&nbsp;(noodles in broth) with&nbsp;<a href="/chopsticks/">chopsticks&nbsp;</a>on most platforms, though it can represent a warm meal more generally.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/steaming-bowl/">previously resembled</a>&nbsp;<a href="/pot-of-food/">Pot of Food</a>.

Steaming Bowl

A plate of Italian spaghetti with&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomato&nbsp;</a>sauce, as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese_sauce">bolognese</a>, with a fork twirling its long, thin noodles. Garnished with a green herb, as parsley, on some platforms.

Spaghetti

A dumpling of dough and filling, as folded and pinched closed for steaming or frying. Associated with cuisines around the world, including <a href="/flag-china/">China</a> (jiaozi), <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a> (gyoza&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/dango/">dango</a>), <a href="/flag-poland/">Poland</a> (pierogi), and <a href="/flag-spain/">Spain</a> and Latin America (empanada).

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/dumpling/">previously</a> resembled&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolongbao">xiaolongbao</a>, a Chinese soup dumpling.

Dumpling

A swirl of soft-serve ice cream&nbsp;atop a wafer-style cone, white or cream-colored, as vanilla, on most platforms. Facebook&rsquo;s design suggests&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry</a>. May be used more generally for&nbsp;<a href="/ice-cream/">ice cream</a>, frozen yogurt, and frozen treats.

Soft Ice Cream

A mound of shaved ice (snow cone) served in a dessert bowl with a short spoon, flavored with a&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry-red&nbsp;</a>syrup on many platforms. Associated with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_ice">Hawaiian shave ice</a>&nbsp;or Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakigōri">kakigori</a>.

Shaved Ice

One or more scoops of ice cream in a dessert bowl, variously topped with sprinkles, wafer rolls, or&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry&nbsp;</a>and syrup. Flavors vary from <a href="/soft-ice-cream/">vanilla</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/chocolate-bar/">chocolate</a>, and/or&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry&nbsp;</a>across platforms.

Ice Cream

A frosted cake with lit candles, as presented for a birthday celebration. The style of cake widely varies across platforms. With white frosting and&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberries</a>, Apple and Google&rsquo;s designs suggest&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-japanese-eat-cake-christmas-180961556/">Japanese Christmas cake</a>. Other vendors depict a chocolate, pink, and/or sponge cake.

Birthday Cake

A slice of strawberry shortcake, layered with whipped cream and topped with a whole&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry</a>. Like the&nbsp;<a href="/birthday-cake/">Birthday Cake</a>, may be used to represent birthday celebrations or cake in general.

Shortcake

A baked dish with a pastry crust, filled with sweet or savory ingredients. Appearance widely varies by platform.

Apple depicts a whole pie in a tin, its crimped crust scored to let out steam. WhatsApp and Twitter&#39;s designs depict a slice of&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry</a>&nbsp;pie.&nbsp;

Google&#39;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/pie/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed&nbsp;a slice of&nbsp;<a href="/jack-o-lantern/">pumpkin&nbsp;</a>pie, as served at&nbsp;<a href="/thanksgiving/">Thanksgiving</a>.

A golden-yellow custard dessert, as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crème_caramel">cr&egrave;me caramel or flan</a>, topped with a layer of caramel. Shown on a plate, molded in a ramekin-shape and often in a pool of caramel sauce.

Custard

A golden-yellow pot&nbsp;of honey, as made by&nbsp;<a href="/honeybee/">bees&nbsp;</a>and desired by&nbsp;<a href="/bear/">bears</a>. Shown with the sweet substance oozing down its sides, often with a honey dipper inside the small vessel.&nbsp;

May be used figuratively, as the term of endearment &ldquo;honey.&rdquo;

Honey Pot

A cup of a steaming-hot beverage, usually taken as coffee or&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">tea</a>. Sometimes shown on a saucer.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/hot-beverage/">previously featured</a>&nbsp;a foamy-white tulip latte art design.

May be paired with the&nbsp;<a href="/frog/">Frog Face&nbsp;</a>to represent the snarky&nbsp;<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-thats-none-of-my-business">But That&#39;s None of My Business meme</a>. Relatedly, can also be used alone to represent&nbsp;&quot;tea&quot; as per the slang phrase &quot;spill the tea&quot;,&nbsp;used to request the sharing of gossip,&nbsp;news, or personal information. More recently, it can also be used to refer to a person&#39;s physical attractiveness, as per the slang phrase &quot;your body is tea.&quot;

Hot Beverage

A cup of green tea, as the minty-colored Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha">matcha</a>, usually shown on a wooden mat. Matcha is traditionally served in a small bowl that resembles a cup without a handle. Often taken as a bowl of soup, such as a split pea.

May also be used to refer to a person&#39;s physical attractiveness, as per the slang phrase &quot;your body is tea.&quot;

Teacup Without Handle

A stemmed glass with a cone-shaped bowl, used for serving cocktails. Depicted as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_(cocktail)">martini</a>&nbsp;garnished with an olive. Might be gin or vodka, shaken or stirred. See also&nbsp;<a href="/tropical-drink/">Tropical Drink</a>.

Cocktail Glass

A drinking cup with a straw. Depicted on many platforms as a disposable cup with a lid and bendy straw, as used to serve soft drinks at fast-food restaurants.&nbsp;May be used for a range of non-alcoholic beverages, including milkshakes, smoothies, juice, and to-go beverages.

Color and design vary&nbsp;by platform. Twitter&#39;s design suggests a glass of&nbsp;<a href="/potable-water/">water</a>, while Samsung&#39;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cup-with-straw/">previously</a> displayed a&nbsp;<a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">Slightly Smiling Face&nbsp;</a>on a red label.

Cup with Straw

A pair of equal-length chopsticks, an eating utensil used throughout East Asia. Design and color vary&nbsp;widely by platform, though often red or wood-colored and with tips angled together. Featured in many platforms&#39;&nbsp;<a href="/steaming-bowl/">Steaming Bowl of Food</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/takeout-box/">Takeout Box</a>. A counterpart to utensils such as&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/">Fork and Knife&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon</a>.

Chopsticks

A silver&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/" title="🍴 Fork And Knife">fork and knife&nbsp;</a>on either side of a white plate, as set for dinner or another meal. Often used more generally for eating and dining. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon</a>.

This emoji tends to spike in popularity on <a href="/thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a>.&nbsp;

Fork and Knife with Plate

A silver fork to the left of a knife, silverware or cutlery used to eat a meal. Often used more generally for eating and dining. May be paired with&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon&nbsp;</a>or used with&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife-with-plate/">Fork and Knife With Plate</a>.

Fork and Knife

A knife with a long steel blade, as a <a href="/woman-cook/">chef</a> uses to slice <a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat</a> or vegetables. Depicted with a black or brown handle and positioned at a 45&deg; angle, often with its point at the lower right.

May be used for content concerning cooking and food preparation, but often represents various senses of cutting and stabbing.&nbsp;Its Unicode name, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_kitchen_knife">Hocho</a>, means &ldquo;kitchen knife&rdquo; in Japanese and refers to a variety of knives used in <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/dagger/">🗡️&nbsp;Dagger</a> or <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a>.

Hocho

An empty glass jar.

May be used to talk about jars or anything that comes in jars, from pickles to condiments to jellies to sauces.

A pointed knife with a steel blade, as used for thrusting in close combat. Generally depicted as double-edged with a black, brown or gold&nbsp;cross-shaped hilt and positioned at 45&deg; angle, often with its tip at the lower left.

May represent knives and other bladed weapons (cf. <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a>) as well as various senses of cutting and stabbing. Often applied to medieval or fantasy content.

Google&rsquo;s design&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-9.0/dagger/">previously</a> featured&nbsp;an icy-blue blade and <a href="/sparkles/">sparkles</a>, suggests a dagger <a href="/elf/">elves</a> may wield in fantasy.

May be paired with (or defended by) <a href="/shield/">🛡️&nbsp;Shield</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/kitchen-knife/">🔪&nbsp;Kitchen Knife</a>.

Dagger Knife

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