U+1F52A "🔪" Hocho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F52A "🔪" Hocho is a standardized pictogram representing a kitchen knife, commonly used in digital communication to denote cooking, cutting, danger, or a sharp implement. Officially named "Hocho," the Japanese word for kitchen knife, this symbol is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is frequently employed in text messages, social media, and emoji keyboards to convey actions like slicing food, preparing a meal, or, in a more metaphorical or humorous context, indicating a threat or "stab" in jest. Its design typically shows a silver or gray blade with a dark handle, though exact appearance varies by platform and operating system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F52A |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Hocho |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🔪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🔪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDD2A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F52A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udd2a |