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Harp

Harp Emoji

Objects

A golden, U-shaped stringed instrument held upright. It features a series of vertical strings stretched across a frame, designed to be plucked with the fingers to produce melodic tones.

Usage Context

Used to discuss classical music, orchestral performances, or to add a touch of elegance to a message. It is frequently sent when talking about live concerts or the soothing qualities of acoustic music. It pairs well with other instruments like the violin or the saxophone.

History

The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments in human history, with evidence dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of the expansion of musical instruments available in the digital keyboard library.

Details

Glyph
🪉
Unicode
U+1FA89
Shortcode
:emoji_u1fa89:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory musical-instrument
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
harpmusicinstrumentobjectsmusicalorchestrastringsclassical musicmelodyplucked instrument

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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