Regional indicator symbol letter n Emoji
Flags
A blue square featuring the capital letter 'N' in a clean, sans-serif font. This character is technically classified as a regional indicator, designed to function as a building block for two-letter country codes.
Usage Context
While it can be used to simply represent the letter 'N' or a placeholder for a name, it is almost always used in tandem with another regional indicator, such as 🇮, to form a flag like the flag of Niger. When displayed individually on many platforms, it simply looks like the letter 'N' in a box.
History
These symbols were introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to help mobile devices translate pairs of letters into country flags without needing individual image files for every nation's banner. It was a clever workaround for early smartphone operating systems to handle internationalization at the font level.
Details
Glyph
🇳
Unicode
U+1F1F3
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1f3:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Flags
Subcategory country-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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