What means
A brass trombone, slide extended. The Trombone emoji (Emoji 17.0, September 2025) completes the brass section — and brings with it the single greatest sound effect in comedy history: wah-wah-waaah.
Between jazz bands, marching seasons, and sad-trombone moments, this one earns its keep in both music content and everyday disappointment.
How and when to use it
- Band and jazz content: "Section rehearsal ran long, lips are DONE "
- The sad-trombone moment, textified: "Weekend plans cancelled by rain wah wah."
- Pairs with 🎺🪈🪇 for full band-geek energy.
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › musical-instrument
- Codepoints
U+1FA8A- Emoji version
- Emoji 17.0
- Keywords
- brass, instrument, jazz, music, sad, slide
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — Trombone or 🧎♂️➡️ Man Kneeling: Facing Right?
Runs with a crowd
keeps company in music emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.