Maracas Emoji

Objects

A pair of yellow or light-brown rattles with colorful handles, depicted mid-shake. Each instrument features a hollow, rounded body filled with seeds or dried beans, characteristic of traditional percussion instruments.

Usage Context

Used to celebrate festivals, parties, or musical performances. It is frequently sent to signal a festive mood or to accompany mentions of Latin music, dance, or a lively night out. Often paired with emojis like 💃 or 🎶 to emphasize rhythm and movement.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2022, the maracas were introduced to fill a gap in the emoji library for specific cultural musical instruments. They derive from ancient shaker traditions found throughout the Americas and are now a staple in both pop and folk music globally.

Details

Glyph

🪇

Unicode

U+1FA87

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa87:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE87;

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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