What does ๐น๐ซ French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag mean?
A blue field with the French tricolour in the canton and, on the fly, a white โTAAFโ monogram beneath an arc of five stars, one for each district. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Kerguelen, Crozet, Adรฉlie Land and scattered islands, with no permanent residents, only scientists and support staff. The emoji appears in research, wildlife and remote-island posts.
Technically, ๐น๐ซ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐น ๐ซ, which spell the region code TF. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters TF instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐น๐ซ French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐น๐ซ French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐น๐ซ 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 :flag-tf:.
When was the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag emoji added?
๐น๐ซ French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (TF). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐น๐ซ flag.