Trombone is an emoji from the Objects category. Its Unicode code point is U+1FA8A and it was released in Emoji 17.0 (2025). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does Trombone mean?
Trombone is part of the “Musical Instruments” set in the Objects emoji category. You will see it in chats and captions related to brass, instrument, jazz, music and sad. It was added in Emoji 17.0 (2025), so it is one of the newest emojis — older phones and computers may show an empty box until they are updated. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :trombone: to insert it.
Trombone emoji codes
| Emoji | |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1FA8A |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🪊 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🪊 |
| CSS | \1FA8A |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA8A} |
| Python | \U0001FA8A |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%AA%8A |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA 8A |
| Shortcode | :trombone: |
How to type on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “trombone”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “trombone”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “trombone”.
- HTML: write
🪊in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Trombone keywords
- brass
- instrument
- jazz
- music
- sad
- slide
Frequently asked questions
What does mean?
Trombone is part of the “Musical Instruments” set in the Objects emoji category. You will see it in chats and captions related to brass, instrument, jazz, music and sad. It was added in Emoji 17.0 (2025), so it is one of the newest emojis — older phones and computers may show an empty box until they are updated. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :trombone: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Trombone emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was Trombone added to Unicode?
Trombone was released as part of Emoji 17.0 in 2025.
Related Musical Instruments emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.