Cook: Medium Skin Tone

🧑🏽‍🍳 is the medium skin tone version of 🧑‍🍳 Cook. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.

See the default 🧑‍🍳 Cook emoji and all skin tones

Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

cook

cook: light skin tone

cook: medium-light skin tone

cook: medium skin tone

cook: medium-dark skin tone

cook: dark skin tone

Where person-role emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Talking about a job, profession, or service
Illustrating a role in a team, guide, or announcement

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

CLDR short name: cook: medium skin tone
Codepoint: U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373
Hex: 1F9D1 1F3FD 200D 1F373
Emoji version: 12.1
Unicode version: 12.1
First released: 2019
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-role
DBEmoji collection: Role
Skin tone: medium
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Role is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicode’s People & Body group (the person-role subgroup — occupations and social roles). How this data is built

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

chef · cook · medium skin tone

How it looks

Cook: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Cook: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Cook: Medium Skin Tone — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

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Questions people ask

What does the 🧑🏽‍🍳 cook: medium skin tone emoji mean?: 🧑🏽‍🍳 is the medium skin tone version of 🧑‍🍳 Cook. It means exactly the same thing; the skin-tone modifier only changes how the person or hand is drawn, so people pick the tone that represents them.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🧑🏽‍🍳?: U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F373.
When was the 🧑🏽‍🍳 cook: medium skin tone emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 12.1, published in 2019, alongside Unicode 12.1. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🧑🏽‍🍳 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “cook”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🧑🏽‍🍳 from this page with one click.