banjo

banjo meaning

A banjo, added in Emoji 12. 0. It stands for bluegrass, folk and country music. Its history is important and often erased: the banjo is African in origin, brought to the Americas by enslaved people, and only later adopted into white Appalachian music. That story is increasingly and rightly being told.

Meaning

A banjo, added in Emoji 12.0. It stands for bluegrass, folk and country music. Its history is important and often erased: the banjo is African in origin, brought to the Americas by enslaved people, and only later adopted into white Appalachian music. That story is increasingly and rightly being told.

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How to use it

• Bluegrass night 🪕
• The banjo is African in origin. That history matters 🪕
• Learning to pick 🪕

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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Technical details

Codepoints

U+1FA95

Emoji version

12

Shortcodes

:banjo:

Category

Objects

FAQ

What does the banjo emoji (🪕) mean?

A banjo, added in Emoji 12. 0. It stands for bluegrass, folk and country music. Its history is important and often erased: the banjo is African in origin, brought to the Americas by enslaved people, and only later adopted into white Appalachian music. That story is increasingly and rightly being told.

How do you type the banjo emoji?

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What category is the banjo emoji in?

The banjo emoji belongs to the Objects category.