What does 🎵 mean?
A single musical note: music, a song, humming. Placed next to a song title or lyric.
Its official Unicode name is MUSICAL NOTE and its CLDR short name is "musical note" (in Hungarian: "hangjegy"). It belongs to the Objects group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- music
- musical
- note
- sound
In Hungarian: dallam, hang, zene
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🎵 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F3B5. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- MUSICAL NOTE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- hangjegy
- English name (CLDR)
- musical note
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Objects · music
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :musical_note:
Related emojis
- Musical score
- Musical notes
- Microphone
- Headphone
- Studio microphone
- Level slider
- Control knobs
- Radio
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎵 emoji mean?
A single musical note: music, a song, humming. Placed next to a song title or lyric.
How do I type the 🎵 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "music".
When was the 🎵 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.