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U+1FA8A

Trombone

Emoji 17.0 · 2025

About

Trombone, a single Unicode character. Part of the Objects group, musical instrument subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 17.0, released in 2025.

Platform renderings

6 platforms shown using your device's own emoji font. Their artwork is proprietary and this site does not redistribute it.

Timeline

2016 — 2026
20162026

Showing 19 of 19 events through 2026

  1. 2016First render

    First appeared on Twitter / X

    Release date from the published version index.

  2. 2022First render

    First appeared on Google

    Release date from the published version index.

  3. 2023First render

    First appeared on Noto Emoji

    Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.

  4. 2024Redesign

    Twitter / X Twemoji 15.1

    Release date from the npm publish time, matching the tag on the source repo.

  5. 2024Redesign

    Google Android 15.0

    Date it reached devices. AOSP source dropped 2024-09-03.

  6. 2024First render

    First appeared on OpenMoji

    Release date from the dated releases published by the project itself.

  7. 2025Redesign

    Google 17.0

    Release date from the published version index.

  8. 2025Redesign

    Noto Emoji 17.0

    Release date from the published version index.

  9. 2025First render

    First appeared on Emojipedia

    Release date from the artwork bank version table.

  10. 2025Unicode

    Added in Emoji 17.0

    Introduced in Emoji 17.0

  11. 2025First render

    First appeared on Discord

    Release date from the artwork bank version table.

  12. 2026First render

    First appeared on Samsung

    Release date from the published version index.

  13. 2026First render

    First appeared on WhatsApp

    Release date from the published version index.

  14. 2026First render

    First appeared on Apple

    Release date from the vendor release index.

  15. 2026First render

    First appeared on Noto Animated Emoji

    Release date from the artwork bank version table.

  16. 2026Redesign

    OpenMoji 17.0

    Release date from the upstream project.

  17. 2026Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.26.22.71

    Release date from the published version index.

  18. 2026Redesign

    WhatsApp 2.26.27.85

    Release date from the published version index.

  19. 2026First render

    First appeared on JoyPixels

    Release date from the vendor release index.

Encodings

UTF-8
F0 9F AA 8A
UTF-8 escaped
\xF0\x9F\xAA\x8A
UTF-16
D83E DE8A
UTF-32
0001FA8A
HTML decimal
🪊
HTML hex
🪊
CSS
\01FA8A
JavaScript
\u{1FA8A}
JS surrogateFor pre-ES2015 targets
\uD83E\uDE8A
Python
\U0001FA8A
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%8A
Base64
8J+qig==

Unicode proposals

The document submitted to the Unicode Consortium that introduced this character.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 🪊 mean?
Trombone, a single Unicode character. Part of the Objects group, musical instrument subgroup. Approved as part of Emoji 17.0, released in 2025. It is commonly tagged trombone, brass, instrument, jazz, music and sad.
What is the Unicode code point for 🪊?
Trombone is encoded as the single code point U+1FA8A.
When was 🪊 added to Unicode?
🪊 was approved as part of Emoji 17.0 and released in 2025, under Unicode 17.0.
Why does 🪊 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for the same code point, so 🪊 changes depending on where you see it. This page compares 18 renderings, including Apple, Google, Samsung and WhatsApp.
What is 🪊 called in other languages?
Unicode's CLDR publishes a name for it in 8 other languages, including ترومبون in Arabic, Posaune in German and trombón in Spanish.
What category is 🪊 in?
🪊 belongs to Unicode's Objects group, in the musical instrument subgroup.