Regional indicator symbol letter d Emoji
Flags
A blue, bold letter 'D' encased in a square, stylized to mimic the look of a physical flag or a computer icon. This character is specifically designed to function as a building block for flag sequences.
Usage Context
This is part of the regional indicator set, which pairs two letters together to trigger a flag rendering on most devices. It is most frequently combined with another letter to represent countries or regions, such as pairing it with 🇪 to form the flag of Germany. Outside of flags, it is often used as a standalone letter for shorthand or ranking.
History
These symbols were introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to allow systems to translate two-character letter codes into national flags. Before this, global mobile platforms struggled to display country flags consistently, forcing developers to rely on these character-pairing hacks.
Details
Glyph
🇩
Unicode
U+1F1E9
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1e9:
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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