Spoon 🥄

Usage snapshot:

• Used in content written with the Common script; suitable for UI labels and body text.
• Appears in the Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs.

History & usage: The character SPOON depicts a spoon. In the name, functional tokens such as HARD SIGN, SOFT SIGN, MARK/ACCENT, or LETTER are described in general terms to signal category, not language. Shape or qualifier tokens (ROUNDED, TALL, NARROW, BROAD) convey form and typographic emphasis, which helps readers interpret visual cues in symbolic text. The spoon sits in the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block and the Common script, classified as Extended Pictographic in nature, a context that matters for usage in scholarly work and public graphics alike. Practical use appears in reference materials that document utensils in pictographic inventories and in archival transcription of late-20th‑century sources. It also guides educational primers and dictionaries that introduce pictographs as dining tools. In typographic revivals and specimen collections, the spoon can illustrate how utensil symbols circulate across designs and layouts within extended pictographic sets. Cross‑platform appearance may vary, and screen readers can convey the symbol as a spoon for accessibility.

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