banjo Emoji
🪕 · U+1FA95 · Emoji 12.0
What does the banjo emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
When the conversation turns to folk music or rustic American culture, the 🪕 emoji is often reached for, and it refers to a banjo, a stringed musical instrument with a round body and a long neck, typically having four strings, its main figurative use is to represent a carefree or down-to-earth attitude, and in slang, it can signify a fun, lively, or humorous tone, particularly in references to bluegrass or country music, while also being used to express excitement or playfulness in a musical context.
How the banjo emoji is used
The 🪕 emoji is frequently used in social media captions and comments to add a touch of whimsy or to convey a sense of rootsy, homespun charm, and its tone can range from nostalgic to humorous, depending on the context, with younger users often employing it in a more ironic or playful manner, while older users may use it to express a genuine appreciation for traditional music, and it is also used on platforms like TikTok to add a musical or storytelling element to videos.
banjo emoji examples
- just learned to play foggy mountain breakdown on my new banjo 🪕
- nothing says summer like a bluegrass festival under the stars 🪕
How to copy the banjo emoji
To use the banjo emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1FA95), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
banjo emoji on different platforms
How the banjo emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
banjo Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🪕 |
| Name | banjo |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1FA95 |
| Shortcode | :banjo: |
| Emoji version | 12.0 |
| Unicode version | 12.0 |
banjo Emoji FAQ
When the conversation turns to folk music or rustic American culture, the 🪕 emoji is often reached for, and it refers to a banjo, a stringed musical instrument with a round body and a long neck, typically having four strings, its main figurative use is to represent a carefree or down-to-earth attitude, and in slang, it can signify a fun, lively, or humorous tone, particularly in references to bluegrass or country music, while also being used to express excitement or playfulness in a musical context.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🪕 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1FA95, introduced in Emoji version 12.0 (Unicode 12.0). Its shortcode is :banjo:.
People also search for the banjo emoji as music, stringed.