Mahjong red dragon Emoji

Activities

A rectangular, ivory-colored tile featuring the Chinese character 'hong' in bold red ink. The character represents the 'red dragon' piece used in the traditional tile-based game of Mahjong.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent the game of Mahjong itself, gambling, or Chinese culture. Because the tile is a core component of the game, it is frequently sent during social gaming sessions or when discussing strategy. It is often paired with other game-related icons like 🃏 or 🎲.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2008 as part of the expansion of game-related pieces. The character on the tile is 'zhong' (middle), which in the context of the game signifies the red dragon, a high-value piece that acts as one of the three 'dragon' honors.

Details

Glyph

🀄

Unicode

U+1F004

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f004:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDC04;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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