What does ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China Flag mean?
A red field with a white five-petalled bauhinia flower, each petal marked with a small red star. The bauhinia used here is a hybrid first found in Hong Kong. The emoji appears in posts about the Victoria Harbour skyline, dim sum and Cantonese food and language, hiking trails and shopping, and on 1 July, the anniversary of its establishment as a special administrative region.
Technically, ๐ญ๐ฐ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ญ ๐ฐ, which spell the region code HK. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters HK instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Hong Kong SAR China Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Hong Kong SAR China Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ญ๐ฐ 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-hk:.
When was the Hong Kong SAR China Flag emoji added?
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong SAR China 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 Hong Kong SAR China Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (HK). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ญ๐ฐ flag.