Woman Cook

👩‍🍳 is the woman cook emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Unicode's keyword list links it with “chef”.

Skin tones

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

woman cook

woman cook: light skin tone

woman cook: medium-light skin tone

woman cook: medium skin tone

woman cook: medium-dark skin tone

woman 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: woman cook
Codepoint: U+1F469 U+200D U+1F373
Hex: 1F469 200D 1F373
Emoji version: 4.0
Unicode version: 9.0
First released: 2016
Unicode group: People & Body
Unicode subgroup: person-role
DBEmoji collection: Role
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

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:woman_cook:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

chef · cook · woman

How it looks

Woman Cook — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 👩‍🍳. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 👩‍🍳 woman cook emoji mean?: 👩‍🍳 is the woman cook emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 4.0 (2016). Unicode's keyword list links it with “chef”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 👩‍🍳?: U+1F469 U+200D U+1F373.
When was the 👩‍🍳 woman cook emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 4.0, published in 2016, alongside Unicode 9.0. 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 “woman 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.
Does 👩‍🍳 come in different skin tones?: Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 👩🏻‍🍳 👩🏼‍🍳 👩🏽‍🍳 👩🏾‍🍳 👩🏿‍🍳. They all mean the same thing; long-press 👩‍🍳 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 👩‍🍳?: On GitHub, type :woman_cook: and it turns into 👩‍🍳 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.