Regional indicator symbol letter k Emoji
Flags
A blue-bordered square containing a bold, black uppercase letter 'K'. This character is part of a specific set of 26 symbols designed to render as country flags when paired together.
Usage Context
While it serves as a standalone letter, this glyph is most often used behind the scenes by mobile operating systems. When you combine this with another regional indicator, like 🇷, it triggers your device to display a specific national flag. Users rarely interact with these individually, but they are the literal foundation for how every country flag emoji works on your phone.
History
These regional indicators were added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010. They were specifically developed to avoid the need for adding hundreds of individual flag icons, providing a clever, scalable system to represent any nation by simply chaining two specific letter codes together.
Details
Glyph
🇰
Unicode
U+1F1F0
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1f0:
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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