Flute emoji 🪈
Emoji 15.0 (2022) · U+1FA88
What 🪈 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Flute 🪈 is tagged with these keywords: band, fife, flautist, instrument, marching, music, orchestra, piccolo, pipe, recorder.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing band or fife in the emoji search brings up 🪈.
Flute 🪈 is one of 13 emoji in the musical instruments subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to 🎷 🎺 .
Will 🪈 show on my friend's phone?
🪈 is fairly new: Emoji 15.0 (2022). Phones and computers updated since 2023 usually show it; older ones may show an empty box.
How to type 🪈
Any emoji picker finds 🪈 when you search for flute.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type flute.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type flute in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type flute.
Codes for developers
Flute 🪈 is a single code point, U+1FA88. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FA88 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪈 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪈 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FA88"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA88} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%88 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA 88 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🪈 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the flute emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪈 "flute" and links it with band, fife, flautist, instrument. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the musical instruments subgroup of objects.
When was the flute emoji added?
In Emoji 15.0, released in 2022. Only phones and computers updated since 2023 show it; older ones may show a box.
How do I type the flute emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🪈 when you search for flute.