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Accordion emoji 🪗

🪗 is the accordion: a red squeezebox with a keyboard. It means folk music — polka, Oktoberfest, French café tunes, tango, zydeco — and squeezing or things that expand…

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What the accordion 🪗 emoji means

🪗 is the accordion: a red squeezebox with a keyboard. It means folk music — polka, Oktoberfest, French café tunes, tango, zydeco — and squeezing or things that expand and collapse, which is why designers use it for accordion menus. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Related: 🪕 banjo, 🎹 piano, 🥨 pretzel and 🍺 beer for Oktoberfest, 🇫🇷 France.

Unicode name: accordion · U+1FA97 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEOktoberfest 🪗🍺 the accordion man knows exactly two songs

How people use it

  • Folk music: polka, tango, zydeco
  • Oktoberfest: with 🥨 🍺
  • Paris: café clichés
  • Accordion menus: UI jokes

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
accordionU+1FA97Squeezebox
banjoU+1FA95Folk strings
musical keyboardU+1F3B9Piano
pretzelU+1F968Oktoberfest
beer mugU+1F37ABeer

Questions people ask

What does 🪗 mean?

An accordion — folk music, Oktoberfest, squeezing.

When was 🪗 added?

2020, Emoji 13.0.

Is there a concertina emoji?

No; 🪗 covers it.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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