Rainbow flag Emoji

Flags

A waving flag featuring a horizontal six-stripe rainbow pattern of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. It is the universally recognized emblem of the LGBTQ+ community and movements for social equality.

Usage Context

Used to show support for pride events, celebrate queer identity, or advocate for human rights. It is frequently seen alongside other inclusive icons like the transgender flag or the heart to signal solidarity and community spirit.

History

The original rainbow flag was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. The emoji version was officially added to Unicode 9.0 in 2016, created by combining the existing white flag character with the rainbow emoji using a ZWJ sequence to ensure cross-platform compatibility.

Details

Glyph

🏳‍🌈

Unicode

U+1F3F3 U+200D U+1F308

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3f3_200d_1f308:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFF3;‍&#xD83C;&#xDF08;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Flags

Subcategory flag

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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