Regional indicator symbol letter j Emoji

Flags

A square tile featuring the letter 'J' in a bold, sans-serif typeface. It is part of a specific set of Unicode characters designed to combine into two-letter sequences.

Usage Context

This character is primarily used as a building block for flag emojis. When two regional indicator symbols are placed next to each other, systems automatically render them as the flag of the corresponding country or territory, such as Japan (JP). It is rarely used on its own unless you are spelling out abbreviations or playing with character-based codes.

History

These indicators were added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to allow platforms to represent national flags without needing a unique graphical file for every single country on Earth. By using pairs like 🇯 and 🇵, software can dynamically generate the flag of Japan, keeping file sizes small and global support consistent.

Details

Glyph

🇯

Unicode

U+1F1EF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f1ef:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDDEF;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Flags

Subcategory country-flag

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

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