Trombone Emoji

Objects

A brass musical instrument featuring a long sliding tube that the player moves back and forth to change pitch. The gold-colored bell and mouthpiece are clearly visible, identifying it as a standard orchestral trombone.

Usage Context

Used to talk about brass bands, jazz ensembles, or school music programs. It is frequently sent as a joke to signal a "sad trombone" sound effect after someone tells a bad pun or experiences a failure, pairing well with the 🎺 trumpet or 🎷 saxophone.

History

The trombone was added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 13.1. Its inclusion acknowledged the instrument's long-standing role in Western classical music and its essential importance to the development of early 20th-century jazz.

Details

Glyph

🪊

Unicode

U+1FA8A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa8a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE8A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory musical-instrument

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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

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