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Folk Rhythms! Express your folk music passion with the Banjo emoji, a symbol of bluegrass and country tunes.
A traditional banjo with a round body and a long neck. The Banjo emoji is commonly used to represent playing the banjo, enjoying bluegrass or country music, or participating in folk music events. If someone sends you an 🪕 emoji, it might mean they are enjoying folk music, playing a traditional instrument, or attending a music festival.
The 🪕 Banjo emoji represents/means a stringed folk instrument commonly used in bluegrass, country, and other traditional American musical styles.
Simply click on the 🪕 emoji above to instantly copy it to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in messages, social media, documents, or any app that supports emojis.
The 🪕 banjo emoji was introduced in Emoji E12.0 and is now supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
The 🪕 banjo emoji belongs to the Objects category, specifically in the Musical Instruments subcategory.
The banjo was added in Unicode 12.0 (2019) to better represent American folk, bluegrass, and country music traditions. It's one of the few instruments with strong American heritage rather than European or Asian origins.
| Unicode Name | Banjo |
| Apple Name | Banjo |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1FA95 |
| Unicode Decimal | U+129685 |
| Escape Sequence | \u1fa95 |
| Group | 💎 Objects |
| Subgroup | 🎸 Musical Instruments |
| Proposals | L2/18-124 |
| Unicode Version | 12.0 | 2019 |
| Emoji Version | 12.0 | 2019 |
| Unicode Name | Banjo |
| Apple Name | Banjo |
| Unicode Hexadecimal | U+1FA95 |
| Unicode Decimal | U+129685 |
| Escape Sequence | \u1fa95 |
| Group | 💎 Objects |
| Subgroup | 🎸 Musical Instruments |
| Proposals | L2/18-124 |
| Unicode Version | 12.0 | 2019 |
| Emoji Version | 12.0 | 2019 |