Trombone Emoji
A depiction of a brass instrument with a long slide, commonly used in jazz and classical music. People often employ it to represent playing or listening to music, or to convey a "sad trombone" sound effect for disappointment or anticlimax. It can also reference the instrument itself in discussions of bands, orchestras, or specific songs.
Trombone is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 17.0 , and included in Emoji 17.0 in 2025.
This emoji is part of the Objects and is grouped with other Musical Instrument emojis. Part of the Unicode Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
Copy and paste the Trombone emoji:
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Codes & Encoding for the Trombone Emoji
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Codepoint
U+1FA8A✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
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HTML (hex)
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CSS
\1FA8A✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1FA8A}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%AA%8A✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:trombone:✓ Copied - Unicode block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
How to Type the Trombone Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :trombone: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :trombone: (autocompletes to the emoji)
How to Use the Trombone Emoji
- He played a jazzy tune on his .
- The slid smoothly into the next note.
- I love the deep sound of a .