# 🎸 Guitar emoji

🎸 Guitar is an emoji in the musical instruments set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: instrument, music and strat.

- Emoji: 🎸
- Unicode name: guitar
- Code points: U+1F3B8
- Category: Objects, Musical instruments
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :guitar:
- Keywords: guitar, instrument, music, strat
- Page: https://emojichart.com/guitar-emoji

## What it means

A long neck, strings and a curved body make this a guitar. People use it for rock, country, folk and other guitar-driven music, and in posts about practicing, playing, bands and concerts.

## How to type 🎸

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “guitar”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “guitar”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “guitar”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “guitar”.
- GitHub: Type :guitar: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | guitarra | guitarra, instrumento, instrumento musical, música |
| Français (fr) | guitare | guitare, guitare électrique, instrument, musique |
| Deutsch (de) | Gitarre | Gitarre, Instrument, Musik, Musikinstrument |
| Italiano (it) | chitarra | band, basso, chitarra, corde, elettrica, musica, rock, strumento, strumento musicale, suonare |
| Português (pt) | guitarra | guitarra, instrumento, instrumento musical, música |
| Nederlands (nl) | gitaar | gitaar, instrument, muziek, muziekinstrument, strat, stratocaster |
| Svenska (sv) | gitarr | elgitarr, gitarr, musik, musikinstrument |
| Polski (pl) | gitara | gitara, instrument, muzyka |
| Türkçe (tr) | gitar | alet, elektrik gitar, gitar, müzik, müzik aleti |
| Русский (ru) | гитара | гитара, гитарист, инструмент, концерт, музыка, музыкальный, рок |
| Українська (uk) | гітара | гітара, інструмент, музичний |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κιθάρα | κιθάρα, μουσική, όργανο |
| العربية (ar) | غيتار | آلة, آلة موسيقية, روك, غيتار, موسيقى, نغم |
| עברית (he) | גיטרה | גיטרה, חשמלית, כלי נגינה, מוזיקה, מוסיקה, רוק |
| فارسی (fa) | گیتار | الکتریک, راک, ساز, گیتار, موسیقی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गिटार | गिटार, वाद्ययंत्र, संगीत, संगीत वाद्य |
| বাংলা (bn) | গিটার | গিটার, সঙ্গীত, সঙ্গীত যন্ত্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gitar | gitar, instrumen, musik |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đàn ghi-ta | đàn ghi-ta, nhạc, nhạc cụ |
| ไทย (th) | กีต้าร์ | กีตาร์, กีต้าร์, กีตาร์ไฟฟ้า, เครื่องดนตรี |
| 日本語 (ja) | ギター | エレキギター, ギター, 楽器, 音楽 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기타 | 기타, 스트라토, 스트라토캐스터, 악기, 연주, 음악, 통기타 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 吉他 | 乐器, 吉他, 弹奏, 演奏, 电吉他, 音乐 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 吉他 | 吉他, 樂器, 電吉他 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kitaar
- Akan (ak): gitae
- Albanian (sq): kitarë
- Amharic (am): ጊታር
- Armenian (hy): կիթառ
- Assamese (as): গীটাৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): gitara
- Bashkir (ba): гитара
- Basque (eu): gitarra
- Belarusian (be): гітара
- Bosnian (bs): gitara
- Breton (br): gitar
- Bulgarian (bg): китара
- Burmese (my): ဂစ်တာ
- Cantonese (yue): 結他
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 结他
- Catalan (ca): guitarra
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏇᏄᎩᏍᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 結他
- Chuvash (cv): гитар
- Croatian (hr): gitara
- Czech (cs): kytara
- Danish (da): guitar
- Estonian (et): kitarr
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): guitarra elétrica
- Faroese (fo): gittari
- Filipino (fil): gitara
- Finnish (fi): kitara
- Galician (gl): guitarra
- Georgian (ka): გიტარა
- Gujarati (gu): ગિટાર
- Hausa (ha): jita
- Hungarian (hu): gitár
- Icelandic (is): gítar
- Igbo (ig): ụbọ
- Irish (ga): giotár
- Javanese (jv): gitar
- Kalaallisut (kl): guitar
- Kannada (kn): ಗಿಟಾರ್
- Kazakh (kk): гитара
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گيتارا
- Khmer (km): ហ្គីតា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gitari
- Konkani (kok): गिटार
- Kyrgyz (ky): гитара
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Kita’r
- Lao (lo): ກີຕາ
- Latvian (lv): ģitāra
- Lithuanian (lt): gitara
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gitara
- Luxembourgish (lb): Gittar
- Macedonian (mk): гитара
- Malay (ms): gitar
- Malayalam (ml): ഗിറ്റാർ
- Maltese (mt): kitarra
- Marathi (mr): गिटार
- Mongolian (mn): гитар
- Māori (mi): kitā
- Nepali (ne): गितार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Gita
- Northern Sotho (nso): katara
- Norwegian (no): gitar
- Odia (or): ଗିଟାର୍
- Oromo (om): gitaara
- Pashto (ps): ګیتار
- Punjabi (pa): ਗਿਟਾਰ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): گٹار
- Quechua (qu): guitarra
- Romanian (ro): chitară
- Romansh (rm): ghitarra
- Sardinian (sc): chiterra
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): giotàr
- Serbian (sr): гитара
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gitara
- Shan (shn): တိင်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): گٽار
- Sinhala (si): ගිටාරය
- Slovak (sk): gitara
- Slovenian (sl): kitara
- Somali (so): giitaar
- Swahili (sw): gita
- Tajik (tg): гитар
- Tamil (ta): கிட்டார்
- Telugu (te): గిటార్
- Tigrinya (ti): ጊታር
- Tongan (to): kitā
- Tswana (tn): katara
- Turkmen (tk): gitara
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): gitara
- Urdu (ur): گٹار
- Uyghur (ug): گىتار
- Uzbek (uz): gitara
- Welsh (cy): gitâr
- Wolof (wo): gitaar
- Xhosa (xh): ikatala
- Yoruba (yo): jìtá
- Zulu (zu): isigingci

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3B8` |
| HTML | `🎸` |
| CSS | `\1F3B8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3B8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3B8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E B8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFB8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%B8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎸 guitar emoji mean?

A long neck, strings and a curved body make this a guitar. People use it for rock, country, folk and other guitar-driven music, and in posts about practicing, playing, bands and concerts.

### How do I type the 🎸 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “guitar”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :guitar:.

### When was the 🎸 emoji added?

🎸 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🎸?

U+1F3B8. In HTML you can write 🎸, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3B8}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/guitar-emoji