What does 🪈 Flute mean?
A flute, the airy woodwind instrument. It is used for orchestras, marching bands, school recorder lessons, folk tunes and gentle melodies, and the name also covers fifes, piccolos and recorders. People send it for practice, concerts and calm, breezy music. It arrived with Emoji 15.0, so some older devices may not show it.
🪈 Flute is an emoji from the Objects category (musical instruments), added in Emoji 15.0 in 2022. People use it in messages about band, fife, flautist, instrument, marching and music.
Example messages
🪈 Flute on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Flute looks on each platform.
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Flute emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Flute emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪈 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flute:.
When was the Flute emoji added?
🪈 Flute was added in Emoji 15.0, released in 2022. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪈 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Flute. The underlying code (U+1FA88) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.