# 🔪 Kitchen knife emoji

🔪 Kitchen knife is an emoji in the dishes and cutlery set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: chef, cooking, hocho, tool and weapon.

- Emoji: 🔪
- Unicode name: kitchen knife
- Code points: U+1F52A
- Category: Food & drink, Dishes and cutlery
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :hocho:, :knife:
- Keywords: chef, cooking, hocho, kitchen, knife, tool, weapon
- Page: https://emojichart.com/kitchen-knife-emoji

## What it means

Pictured as a chef's-style kitchen knife with a long, sharp blade and a handle. People often pick it for cooking, chefs and food prep, and it can also signal a weapon or a threat, often in a joking or dramatic way.

## How to type 🔪

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “kitchen knife”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “kitchen knife”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “kitchen knife”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “kitchen knife”.
- GitHub: Type :hocho: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuchillo de cocina | arma, cocinar, cuchillo, cuchillo de cocina |
| Français (fr) | couteau de cuisine | arme, chef, couteau, couteau de cuisine, cuisine, outil |
| Deutsch (de) | Küchenmesser | Küchenmesser, Messer, schneiden |
| Italiano (it) | coltello da cucina | arma, chef, coltello, coltello da cucina, cucina, fame, posate |
| Português (pt) | faca de cozinha | chef, cozinhar, faca, faca de cozinha |
| Nederlands (nl) | keukenmes | keukenmes, koken, koksmes, mes, wapen |
| Svenska (sv) | kökskniv | kniv, kökskniv |
| Polski (pl) | nóż kuchenny | broń, gotowanie, kuchenny, kuchnia, narzędzie, nóż |
| Türkçe (tr) | mutfak bıçağı | bıçak, mutfak bıçağı |
| Русский (ru) | нож | кухонный, нож, оружие, острие, резать, холодное |
| Українська (uk) | кухонний ніж | готування, зброя, знаряддя, кухня, кухонний ніж, ніж, різати |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουζινομάχαιρο | εργαλείο, κουζινομάχαιρο, μαγειρική, μαχαίρι, όπλο |
| العربية (ar) | سكين طهي | اداة, حاد, سكين, سكين طهي, شيف, طبخ, قطع, مطبخ |
| עברית (he) | סכין מטבח | בישול, כלי נשק, סכין, שף |
| فارسی (fa) | چاقوی آشپزخانه | آشپزی, ابزار, اسلحه, چاقو, چاقوی آشپزخانه, ساطور, هوچو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | खाना बनाने का चाकू | खाना बनाने का चाकू, चाकू, महाराज |
| বাংলা (bn) | রান্না ঘরের ছুরি | অস্ত্র, ছুরি, টুল, রন্ধন, রান্না করার ছুরি, রান্না ঘরের ছুরি, সরঞ্জাম, হোকো |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pisau dapur | alat, hocho, masak, pisau, pisau dapur, senjata |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dao làm bếp | dao, dao làm bếp, dụng cụ, hocho, nấu nướng, vũ khí |
| ไทย (th) | มีดทำครัว | มีด, มีดทำครัว, มืดทำครัว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 包丁 | ナイフ, 凶器, 包丁, 料理, 調理器具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 식칼 | 도구, 무기, 부엌 칼, 쉐프, 식칼, 요리, 요리용 칼, 호쵸 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 菜刀 | 主厨, 刀, 武器, 烹饪, 菜刀 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 菜刀 | 刀, 菜刀 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kombuismes
- Akan (ak): gyaade sekan
- Albanian (sq): thikë kuzhine
- Amharic (am): የወጥ ቤት ቢላዋ
- Anii (blo): ŋŋɔŋku nɩ kayɔkɔ
- Armenian (hy): խոհանոցային դանակ
- Assamese (as): ৰান্ধনী ঘৰৰ কটাৰী
- Azerbaijani (az): mətbəx bıçağı
- Bashkir (ba): бысаҡ
- Basque (eu): sukaldeko labana
- Belarusian (be): кухонны нож
- Bosnian (bs): kuhinjski nož
- Breton (br): kontell-gegin
- Bulgarian (bg): кухненски нож
- Burmese (my): မီးဖိုသုံး ဓား
- Cantonese (yue): 廚房刀
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 厨房刀
- Catalan (ca): ganivet de cuina
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏱᏗᎢ ᎠᏰᎳᏍᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 刀
- Chuvash (cv): апатламалли ҫӗҫӗ
- Croatian (hr): kuhinjski nož
- Czech (cs): kuchyňský nůž
- Danish (da): køkkenkniv
- Estonian (et): kööginuga
- Faroese (fo): køksknívur
- Filipino (fil): kutsilyo
- Finnish (fi): keittiöveitsi
- Galician (gl): coitelo de cociña
- Georgian (ka): სამზარეულოს დანა
- Gujarati (gu): રસોડાનો ચાકુ
- Hausa (ha): wuƙar kicin
- Hungarian (hu): konyhakés
- Icelandic (is): hnífur
- Igbo (ig): mma usekwu
- Irish (ga): scian
- Javanese (jv): peso dhapur
- Kalaallisut (kl): køkkenkniv
- Kannada (kn): ಅಡುಗೆಮನೆ ಚಾಕು
- Kazakh (kk): асхана пышағы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اسحانا پىشاعى
- Khmer (km): កាំបិទចិតបន្លែ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): icyuma cyo mu gikoni
- Konkani (kok): रांदची सुरी
- Kyrgyz (ky): ашкана бычагы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Kuchi’l rech Nuk’b’al q’aq’
- Lao (lo): ມີດໃຊ້ໃນເຮືອນຄົວ
- Latvian (lv): virtuves nazis
- Lithuanian (lt): virtuvinis peilis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): hapka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kichemesser
- Macedonian (mk): кујнски нож
- Malay (ms): pisau dapur
- Malayalam (ml): കത്തി
- Maltese (mt): sikkina tal-kċina
- Marathi (mr): स्वयंपाकघरात वापरला जाणारा चाकू
- Mongolian (mn): гал тогооны хутга
- Māori (mi): naihi kīhini
- Nepali (ne): भान्से चक्कु
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kíchín Naif
- Northern Sotho (nso): thipa ya go apea
- Norwegian (no): kokkekniv
- Odia (or): ରୋଷେଇଶାଳ ଛୁରୀ
- Oromo (om): haalbee mana nyaataa
- Pashto (ps): د پخلنځی چاقو
- Punjabi (pa): ਰਸੋਈ ਚਾਕੂ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): باورچی خانے دی چھری
- Quechua (qu): khuchuna waykʼuypaq
- Romanian (ro): cuțit de bucătărie
- Romansh (rm): cuntè da cuschina
- Sardinian (sc): leputzu de coghina
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sgian cidsin
- Serbian (sr): кухињски нож
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kuhinjski nož
- Shan (shn): မိတ်ႈသိုင်ႇၽႆး
- Sindhi (sd): رڌڻي جي ڇري
- Sinhala (si): මුළුතැන්ගෙයි පිහිය
- Slovak (sk): kuchynský nôž
- Slovenian (sl): kuhinjski nož
- Somali (so): mindi kushiin
- Swahili (sw): kisu kinachotumika jikoni
- Tajik (tg): корди ошхона
- Tamil (ta): சமையல் கத்தி
- Telugu (te): కూరగాయలు తరిగే కత్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ክሽነ ካራ
- Tongan (to): hele paipa
- Tswana (tn): thipa ya go apaya
- Turkmen (tk): aşhana pyçagy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kuchinski nóž
- Urdu (ur): کچن کی چھری
- Uyghur (ug): ئاشخانا پىچىقى
- Uzbek (uz): pichoq
- Welsh (cy): cyllell cegin
- Wolof (wo): paaka waañ
- Xhosa (xh): imela yasekhitshini
- Yoruba (yo): ọbẹ iyara-idana
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔbɛ iyara-idana
- Zulu (zu): ummese wasekhishini

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F52A` |
| HTML | `🔪` |
| CSS | `\1F52A` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F52A}` |
| Python | `\U0001F52A` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 94 AA` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD2A` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%94%AA` |

## Questions

### What does the 🔪 kitchen knife emoji mean?

Pictured as a chef's-style kitchen knife with a long, sharp blade and a handle. People often pick it for cooking, chefs and food prep, and it can also signal a weapon or a threat, often in a joking or dramatic way.

### How do I type the 🔪 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “kitchen knife”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :hocho:.

### When was the 🔪 emoji added?

🔪 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🔪?

U+1F52A. In HTML you can write 🔪, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F52A}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/kitchen-knife-emoji