Long drum Emoji

Objects

A tall, cylindrical hand drum shown with a wooden frame and a drumhead stretched across the top. The design closely resembles a djembe or conga, highlighting the instrument's recognizable shape used in percussion ensembles worldwide.

Usage Context

Used to denote music, live performances, or the act of keeping a beat. It is frequently sent during conversations about concerts, festivals, or while listening to tracks with heavy percussion. It pairs well with other musical symbols like 🥁, 🎵, or 🎶.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the long drum was introduced to provide better representation for global musical instruments, specifically those rooted in West African and Latin American traditions that were previously missing from the digital keyboard.

Details

Glyph

🪘

Unicode

U+1FA98

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa98:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE98;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory musical-instrument

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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