Regional indicator symbol letter a Emoji
Flags
A blue, square-bordered character featuring the capital letter 'A'. It is designed as a building block for forming two-letter country codes used in international internet standards.
Usage Context
When two regional indicator symbols are placed next to each other, platforms automatically render them as a specific national flag. For instance, putting this symbol alongside regional indicator symbol letter u triggers the display of the United States flag. Aside from flag construction, it is occasionally used as a simple bullet point or to denote a top-tier grade.
History
Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, these symbols were developed to enable the mapping of ISO country codes into graphical flag icons without the need for hundreds of separate flag emojis. They rely on the underlying system's ability to interpret paired sequences as a single graphical entity.
Details
Glyph
🇦
Unicode
U+1F1E6
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1e6:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Flags
Subcategory country-flag
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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