What does ๐จ๐ณ China Flag mean?
A red field with one large yellow five-pointed star and an arc of four smaller stars beside it, all in the upper hoist corner. The flag is widely shared on National Day, 1 October, during Spring Festival celebrations and for national teams at the Olympics. It also serves as a quick label for Mandarin Chinese on language apps, in bios and in travel posts.
Technically, ๐จ๐ณ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐จ ๐ณ, which spell the region code CN. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters CN instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐จ๐ณ China Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
๐จ๐ณ China Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how China Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the China Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐จ๐ณ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :cn:.
When was the China Flag emoji added?
๐จ๐ณ China Flag was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the China Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (CN). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐จ๐ณ flag.