🪇 Maracas

🪇 Maracas is one of the musical instruments in Unicode's Objects group. It usually appears in messages about cha, dance, instrument and music. Further official keywords are party, percussion, rattle and shake.

🪇 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Music and Instruments. Added in 2022 with Emoji 15.0, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. On older phones and operating systems it may still show as an empty box. Its code point is U+1FA87.

• 🪇 on its own already flags the topic: cha.
• Fits messages about cha, dance, instrument and music.
• Often seen near 🥁 Drum, 🪘 Long Drum and 🪈 Flute.

• 🪇🎷 – Maracas and Saxophone
• 🪇🪗 – Maracas with Accordion
• 🪇🪕 – Maracas plus Banjo
• 🪇🎻 – Maracas and Violin
• 🪇🪉 – Maracas with Harp
• 🪇🥁 – Maracas plus Drum
• 🪇🪘 – Maracas and Long Drum
• 🪇🎸 – Maracas with Guitar

Easy to mix up with 🥁 Drum, 🪘 Long Drum or 🪈 Flute. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.