On Apple devices, this emoji renders as a gleaming golden‑brass sax angled a bit to the right, topped with a glossy black mouthpiece and a run of round, mother‑of‑pearl–style keys tracing the curve. The body shows a pronounced S‑bend and a flared bell, with soft shading and crisp highlights that feel like real stage lights catching metal. The realistic key clusters and visible ligature sell it as an actual instrument—definitely not a generic trumpet‑y blob. Pair it with music notes, sunglasses, or a smirking face and it reads: cue the solo—the scene just went smooth.
In use, it drops instant jazz‑club atmosphere: picture dim lights, velvet seats, and that slow head‑nod as a solo unfurls. People send it to telegraph smooth, sultry energy, a flirty entrance, or full cheeseball drama—think the “Careless Whisper” riff kicking in right as someone posts a thirst trap.
It also pops up for band‑kid pride, ska and funk shoutouts, or to jokingly tag background “elevator music” when a moment turns hilariously corny. Meme‑wise, it covers the spectrum from Epic Sax Guy looped forever to Lisa Simpson’s soulful blasts and the eternal Kenny G smooth‑jazz aura.
Definition
A shiny brass saxophone at an angle ready to be played.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1235 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:saxophone:
Keywords
Saxophone, Sax, Music, Instrument, Woodwind
Previous Names:
Saxaphone
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Music Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Music Symbols
Names & Annotations
SAXOPHONE
Symbol Information
U+1F3B7 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-815
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[サックス]
KDDI
[サックス]
Softbank
#259 #old64 サックス 「satsukusu」 U+E040 SJIS-F981
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🎷
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🎷
Decimal HTML Entity
🎷
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🎷
Hex Code Point(s)
1f3b7
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3B7
Decimal Code Point(s)
127927
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFB7
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfb7
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57271
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3B7
UTF-32 Hex
01F3B7
UTF-32 Dec
127927
Python Src
u"\U0001F3B7"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFB7"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
