Regional indicator symbol letter c Emoji
Flags
A bold, blocky letter 'C' encased in a blue or grey square container. This character acts as a building block for forming country codes in digital communications.
Usage Context
This emoji is rarely used on its own. Instead, it serves as the first half of a pair; when placed next to another regional indicator letter, it automatically transforms into the national flag of a specific country. For example, pairing this with 🇦 creates the flag of Canada, while pairing it with 🇭 produces the flag of Switzerland.
History
These characters were introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to allow mobile operating systems to display flags using existing text-based protocols. By using a pair of regional indicators, systems can map specific two-letter ISO country codes to graphical flag icons without needing thousands of individual files.
Details
Glyph
🇨
Unicode
U+1F1E8
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1e8:
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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