Fork and Knife 🍴

🍴 (U+1F374) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Fork and Knife is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: The character depicts the FORK AND KNIFE emoji. It can represent meals, dining, and food events in chats and apps. It helps indicate eating out, cooking, or sharing a meal plan in messages or UI notes. Use it to suggest restaurant visits, meal preparation, or casual food talk with friends or teammates in guides, chats, or emails. It can also mark menu ideas or a dining-related break in a schedule. Every usage should follow from its meaning of food and eating. Be aware that appearance varies across platforms, apps, and fonts, so colors and details may differ. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide text otherwise if the emoji alone would be unclear. Cross‑platform rendering may vary, so test in target environments.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F374 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.

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