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Spoon emoji 🥄

🥄 is the spoon: a single silver spoon. It means spoons and eating — soup, cereal, dessert — plus spooning (cuddling, “big spoon or little spoon?”) and spoon theory, the…

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What the spoon 🥄 emoji means

🥄 is the spoon: a single silver spoon. It means spoons and eating — soup, cereal, dessert — plus spooning (cuddling, “big spoon or little spoon?”) and spoon theory, the way people with chronic illness measure daily energy (“out of spoons 🥄”). Added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Cutlery: 🍴 fork and knife and 🍽️ on the food emoji page; bowls 🥣, 🍮 custard.

Unicode name: spoon · U+1F944 · Emoji 3.0 (2016) · group: Food & Drink.

IN A MESSAGEout of spoons today 🥄 rescheduling everything

How people use it

  • Eating: soup, cereal, dessert
  • Spooning: cuddles
  • Spoon theory: chronic illness energy
  • Baking: measuring

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
spoonU+1F944Spoon
fork and knifeU+1F374Cutlery
fork and knife with plateU+1F37D U+FE0FDinner
bowl with spoonU+1F963Cereal
person in bedU+1F6CCSpooning

Questions people ask

What does 🥄 mean?

A spoon — eating, cuddling (spooning), or spoon theory.

What is spoon theory?

A metaphor for limited daily energy in chronic illness; each task costs a spoon.

What does 🥄 mean from a guy?

Possibly “big spoon or little spoon” — a cuddle reference.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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