Regional indicator symbol letter r Emoji
Flags
A squared graphic featuring the uppercase letter 'R' in a clean, bold font. It is specifically designed to function as a building block for flag icons when combined with other letter symbols.
Usage Context
You will rarely see this character used in isolation. Instead, it serves as a technical component that systems use to render national flags, such as pairing it with 🇦 to display the flag of France. It is also used in casual internet shorthand for quick abbreviations or to denote specific regional markers.
History
These regional indicator symbols were added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to allow mobile operating systems to map specific pairs of letters to actual country flags. This solved the problem of needing hundreds of individual flag characters by instead using a clever two-letter coding system.
Details
Glyph
🇷
Unicode
U+1F1F7
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f1f7:
HTML Entity
��
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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