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🪇U+1FA87

Maracas emoji

Handheld rattles shaken in pairs, maracas keep the rhythm in Latin American and Caribbean music. People use them for percussion, dancing, parties, festive fun, celebrations and anything lively.

Unicode name
maracas
Category
Objects, Musical instruments
Added
Emoji 15.0 in 2022
Code points
U+1FA87
Shortcode
:maracas:
Keywords
cha, dance, instrument, maracas, music, party, percussion, rattle, shake, shaker

How it looks

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Your device
Maracas emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Maracas emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Maracas emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🪇

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolmaracasagitar, brasil, instrumento, maracas, movimiento, música, percusión
Françaismaracascha cha cha, danse, danser, fête, hochet, instrument, maracas, musique, percussion, secouer
DeutschMaracasCha-Cha-Cha, Instrument, Maracas, Musik, Musikinstrument, musizieren, Party, Percussion, Rassel, rasseln, Tanz, tanzen
Italianomaracasagitare, ballare, maracas, musica, percussioni, ritmo, scuotere, strumento
Portuguêsmaracáschacoalhar, chocalho, dança, festa, instrumento, maraca, maracas, maracás, mexer, música, percussão
Nederlandssambaballeninstrument, muziek, percussie, ratelen, sambaballen, schudden
Svenskamaracasinstrument, maracas, musik, skaka, slaginstrument, slagverk
Polskimarakasycza cza, grzechotać, grzechotki, impreza, instrument, marakasy, muzyka, perkusja, perkusyjny, potrząsać, taniec
Türkçemarakasalet, çaça, çıngırak, dans, enstrüman, marakas, müzik, müzik aleti, nesne, parti, perküsyon, sallama, sallamalı, vurmalı
Русскиймаракасывечеринка, инструмент, маракасы, музыка, музыкальные инструменты, перкуссия, погремушки, ритм, танец, танцы, трясти, ча-ча-ча
Українськамаракасвечірка, інструмент, маракас, музика, танець, ударні інструменти, ча-ча-ча
Ελληνικάμαράκεςκουνάω, κροτάλισμα, κρουστά, μαράκες, μουσική, όργανο
العربيةمركاسآلة موسيقية, تشا تشا, حفلة, خشخيشة, دق, رجّاجة, رقص, شخشيخة, شخلل, مركاس, موسيقى, نقر, هز
עבריתמאראקסחגיגה, כלי הקשה, לטינית, מאראקס, מוזיקה, מסיבה, מרקה, נגינה, צ׳ה צ׳ה, ריקוד, תיפוף
فارسیساز جغجغه‌ایپرکاشن, تکان دادن, جغجغه, چاچا, رقص, ساز, ساز جغجغه‌ای, سازهای کوبه‌ای, لرزش, ماراکا, مهمانی, موسیقی
हिन्दीमराकसआघात देकर बजाया जाने वाला वाद्य यंत्र, उपकरण, खनखनाना, डांस, मराकस, संगीत, हिलाना
বাংলামারাকাসঝাঁকান, ঝুমঝুমি, পারকাশন, মারাকাস, ম্যারাকাস, যন্ত্র, সঙ্গীত
Bahasa Indonesiamarakasalat musik, cha cha, gemerisik, goyang, instrumen, joget, kerincingan, marakas, menari, musik, perkusi, tarian
Tiếng Việtmaracaâm nhạc, lắc, lục lạc, maraca, nhạc cụ, nhảy, tiệc tùng, trống
ไทยมาราคัสเขย่า, เครื่องดนตรี, เคาะ, แซก, ปาร์ตี้, เพลง, มาราคัส, ลูกแซค
日本語マラカスシェイカー, ダンス, パーティー, マラカス, ラトル, リズム, 打楽器, 振る, 楽器, 音楽
한국어마라카스달가닥 소리, 댄스, 떨림, 마라카스, 악기, 음악, 춤, 타악기, 파티
中文(简体)沙球乐器, 恰恰, 打击乐器, 拨浪鼓, 摇, 摇动, 沙槌, 沙球, 沙铃, 派对, 舞蹈, 音乐
中文(繁體)沙鈴搖動, 敲擊, 樂器, 沙球,跳舞,趴踢,宴會,搖,恰恰,音樂,樂器,敲擊樂器,打擊樂, 沙鈴, 音樂, 響聲
Names in 81 more languages
Afrikaansmarakkas
Akanmalakas
Albanianmaraka
Amharicማራካ
Armenianմարակաս
Assameseমাৰাকাছ
Azerbaijanimarakas
Bashkirмаракас
Basquemarakak
Belarusianмаракасы
Bosnianmarake
Bulgarianмаракаси
Burmeseမာရကာစ်
Cantonese沙槌
Catalanmaraques
CherokeeᎠᏂᏍᏆᏂ ᎦᎾᏤᏘ
Chuvashмараккас
Croatianmarakasi
Czechrumbakoule
Danishmaracas
Estonianmarakas
European Portuguesemaracas
Faroesemarakas
Filipinomaracas
Finnishmarakassit
Galicianmaracas
Georgianმარაკა
Gujaratiમરાકા
Hausakacau-kacau
Hungarianrumbatök
Icelandichristur
Igbomarakas
Irishmaracas
Javanesemarakas
Kannadaಮರಾಕಸ್
Kazakhмаракас
Kazakh (Arabic)ماراكاس
Khmerម៉ារ៉ាកាស
Konkaniमाराकास
Kyrgyzмаракас
Laoມາຣາຄັສ
Latvianmarakass
Lithuanianmarakasai
Lower Sorbianmaracasy
Macedonianмаракас
Malaymarakas
Malayalamമാരക്കാസ്
Marathiखुळखुळा
Mongolianмаракус
Nepaliमाराकास
Nigerian PidginMárákas
Norwegianmarakas
Odiaମାରାକାସ୍
Oromomarakaas
Pashtoماراکاس
Punjabiਮਰੈਕਜ਼
Quechuamaracas
Romanianmaracas
Romanshmaracas
Sardinianmaracas
Scottish Gaelicmaracas
Serbianмарака
Serbian (Latin)maraka
Shanမႃႇရႃႇၶၢတ်ႉ
Sindhiڇمڪڻا
Sinhalaමාරකාස්
Slovakrumbagule
Slovenianmarake
Somalimaracas
Swahilimaraka
Tamilமரக்காஸ்
Teluguమరాకస్
Tigrinyaማራካስ
Tonganmalaka
Turkmenmarakas
Upper Sorbianmaracasy
Urduمراکس
Uzbekmarakas
Welshmaracas
Yorubamarakasi
Zulumaracas

Codes

Code points
U+1FA87
HTML
🪇
CSS
\1FA87
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1FA87}
Python
\U0001FA87
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F AA 87
UTF-16
D83E DE87
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%87

Questions

What does the 🪇 maracas emoji mean?

Handheld rattles shaken in pairs, maracas keep the rhythm in Latin American and Caribbean music. People use them for percussion, dancing, parties, festive fun, celebrations and anything lively.

How do I type the 🪇 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “maracas”. 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 :maracas:.

When was the 🪇 emoji added?

🪇 was added in Emoji 15.0, released in 2022.

What is the Unicode code point for 🪇?

U+1FA87. In HTML you can write 🪇, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FA87}.

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