What does ๐ฏ๐ต Japan Flag mean?
A red disc on a white field, called Hinomaru, the โcircle of the sunโ, fitting for the land of the rising sun. Fans use it to cheer national teams, label Japanese in study posts, and share trips to Tokyo, Kyoto and Mount Fuji, along with anime, sushi, ramen and cherry blossom season.
Technically, ๐ฏ๐ต is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฏ ๐ต, which spell the region code JP. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters JP instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฏ๐ต Japan Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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๐ฏ๐ต Japan Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Japan Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Japan Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฏ๐ต 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 :jp:.
When was the Japan Flag emoji added?
๐ฏ๐ต Japan 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 Japan Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (JP). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฏ๐ต flag.