Flute

🪈 is the flute emoji, part of Unicode's Objects group, added in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Unicode's keyword list links it with “band”, “fife”, “flautist”, and “instrument”.

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Where musical-instrument emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

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Music, practice, and performance posts

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: FLUTE
CLDR short name: flute
Codepoint: U+1FA88
Hex: 1FA88
Emoji version: 15.0
Unicode version: 15.0
First released: 2022
Unicode group: Objects
Unicode subgroup: musical-instrument
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:flute:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

band · fife · flautist · flute · instrument · marching · music · orchestra · piccolo · pipe · recorder · woodwind

How it looks

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🪈. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🪈 flute emoji mean?: 🪈 is the flute emoji, part of Unicode's Objects group, added in Emoji 15.0 (2022). Unicode's keyword list links it with “band”, “fife”, “flautist”, and “instrument”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🪈?: U+1FA88, named FLUTE in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🪈 flute emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 15.0, published in 2022, alongside Unicode 15.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🪈 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “flute”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🪈 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🪈?: On GitHub, type :flute: and it turns into 🪈 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.