regional indicator symbol
{{Short description|Set of alphabetic symbols that allow for special handling}}
The regional indicator symbols are a set of 26 alphabetic Unicode characters (AโZ) intended to be used to encode ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two-letter country codes in a way that allows optional special treatment.
These were defined by as part of the Unicode 6.0 support for emoji, as an alternative to encoding separate characters for each country flag. Although they can be displayed as Roman letters, it is intended that implementations may choose to display them in other ways, such as by using national flags.{{cite web|url=http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2009/11/whats-new-in-unicode-60.html|title=What's new in Unicode 6.0|author=Andrew West|publisher=Babelstone|access-date=2014-08-18|archive-date=2014-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406061417/http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2009/11/whats-new-in-unicode-60.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09379-n3727-regionalindicators.pdf|title=N3727: Proposal to encode Regional Indicator Symbols in the UCS|author=Michael Everson and Ken Whistler|publisher=Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC|access-date=2014-08-18}} The Unicode FAQ indicates that this mechanism should be used and that symbols for national flags will not be directly encoded.{{cite web | title = Unicode FAQ: Emoji and Dingbats | publisher = The Unicode Consortium | url = https://www.unicode.org/faq/emoji_dingbats.html | date = 2009-10-28 | access-date = 2014-08-18}}
They are encoded in the range {{unichar|1F1E6|regional indicator symbol letter a|html=}} to {{unichar|1F1FF|regional indicator symbol letter z|html=}} within the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.{{cite web|url=http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-6.0/U60-1F100.pdf|title=Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement, Range 1F100 - 1F1FF, The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0|publisher=Unicode Consortium|date=2010|access-date=2014-08-18}}
Emoji flag sequences{{anchor|Emoji flags}}
{{hatnote|On some systems, two-letter country codes may appear instead of flags.{{cite web|url=https://emojipedia.org/flags/|title=Flags|access-date=2020-02-04|website=emojipedia.com}}}}
A pair of regional indicator symbols is referred to as an emoji flag sequence (although it represents a specific region, not a specific flag for that region).{{citation |title=UTR #51: Unicode Emoji, Annex B: Valid Emoji Flag Sequences |publisher=Unicode Consortium web |url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Flags |date=2024-08-15}}
Out of the 676 possible pairs of regional indicator symbols (26 ร 26), only 270 are considered valid Unicode region codes.
These are a subset of the region sequences in the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR):{{cite web |title=UTR #35: Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML), Validity Data |publisher=Unicode Consortium |url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Validity_Data}}{{cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=CLDR Releases |url=https://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads |work=Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) }}
- All 256 regular region sequences in the CLDR
- 249 officially assigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes
- 6 exceptional reservations (Ascension Island, Clipperton Island, Diego Garcia, Ceuta and Melilla, Canary Islands, and Tristan da Cunha)
- 1 user-assigned temporary country code (Kosovo)
- Two of the 35 macroregion sequences in the CLDR (EU and UN)
- All 12 deprecated region sequences in the CLDR (strongly discouragedโintended for backward compatibility only)
| class="wikitable sortable Unicode"
|+ {{nowrap|List of current emoji flag sequences}} | |||
| class="unsortable" | flag
! code ! class="unsortable" | possible rendering | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| id="AC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐จ}} | AC | Ascension Island | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฉ}} | AD | Andorra | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ช}} | AE | United Arab Emirates | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ซ}} | AF | Afghanistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฌ}} | AG | Antigua & Barbuda | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฎ}} | AI | Anguilla | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฑ}} | AL | Albania | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฒ}} | AM | Armenia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ด}} | AO | Angola | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ถ}} | AQ | Antarctica | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ท}} | AR | Argentina | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ธ}} | AS | American Samoa | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐น}} | AT | Austria | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐บ}} | AU | Australia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ผ}} | AW | Aruba | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AX"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฝ}} | AX | data-sort-value="Aland" | ร land | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="AZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฟ}} | AZ | Azerbaijan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฆ}} | BA | Bosnia & Herzegovina | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BB"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ง}} | BB | Barbados | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฉ}} | BD | Bangladesh | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ช}} | BE | Belgium | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ซ}} | BF | Burkina Faso | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฌ}} | BG | Bulgaria | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ญ}} | BH | Bahrain | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฎ}} | BI | Burundi | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BJ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฏ}} | BJ | Benin | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฑ}} | BL | data-sort-value="Saint Barthelemy" | St. Barthรฉlemy | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฒ}} | BM | Bermuda | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ณ}} | BN | Brunei | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ด}} | BO | Bolivia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ถ}} | BQ | Caribbean Netherlands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ท}} | BR | Brazil | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ธ}} | BS | Bahamas | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐น}} | BT | Bhutan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ป}} | BV | Bouvet Island | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ผ}} | BW | Botswana | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐พ}} | BY | Belarus | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="BZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ฟ}} | BZ | Belize | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฆ}} | CA | Canada | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐จ}} | CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฉ}} | CD | Congo-Kinshasa | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ซ}} | CF | Central African Republic | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฌ}} | CG | Congo-Brazzaville | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ญ}} | CH | Switzerland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฎ}} | CI | data-sort-value="Cote dIvoire" | Cรดte d'Ivoire | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฐ}} | CK | Cook Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฑ}} | CL | Chile | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฒ}} | CM | Cameroon | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ณ}} | CN | China | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ด}} | CO | Colombia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ต}} | CP | Clipperton Island | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ถ}} | CQ | Sark | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ท}} | CR | Costa Rica | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐บ}} | CU | Cuba | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ป}} | CV | Cape Verde | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ผ}} | CW | data-sort-value="Curacao" | Curaรงao | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CX"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฝ}} | CX | Christmas Island | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐พ}} | CY | Cyprus | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฟ}} | CZ | Czechia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ช}} | DE | Germany | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ฌ}} | DG | Diego Garcia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DJ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ฏ}} | DJ | Djibouti | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ฐ}} | DK | Denmark | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ฒ}} | DM | Dominica | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ด}} | DO | Dominican Republic | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="DZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ฟ}} | DZ | Algeria | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ฆ}} | EA | Ceuta & Melilla | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐จ}} | EC | Ecuador | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ช}} | EE | Estonia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ฌ}} | EG | Egypt | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ญ}} | EH | Western Sahara | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ER"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ท}} | ER | Eritrea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ES"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ธ}} | ES | Spain | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ET"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐น}} | ET | Ethiopia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="EU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐บ}} | EU | European Union | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ฎ}} | FI | Finland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FJ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ฏ}} | FJ | Fiji | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ฐ}} | FK | Falkland Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ฒ}} | FM | Micronesia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ด}} | FO | Faroe Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ท}} | FR | France | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฆ}} | GA | Gabon | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GB"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ง}} | GB | United Kingdom | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฉ}} | GD | Grenada | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ช}} | GE | Georgia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ซ}} | GF | French Guiana | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฌ}} | GG | Guernsey | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ญ}} | GH | Ghana | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฎ}} | GI | Gibraltar | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฑ}} | GL | Greenland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ฒ}} | GM | Gambia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ณ}} | GN | Guinea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ต}} | GP | Guadeloupe | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ถ}} | GQ | Equatorial Guinea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ท}} | GR | Greece | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ธ}} | GS | South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐น}} | GT | Guatemala | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐บ}} | GU | Guam | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ผ}} | GW | Guinea-Bissau | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="GY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐พ}} | GY | Guyana | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="HK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐ฐ}} | HK | Hong Kong | style="text-align:center" | 32px |
| id="HM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐ฒ}} | HM | Heard & McDonald Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="HN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐ณ}} | HN | Honduras | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="HR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐ท}} | HR | Croatia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="HT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐น}} | HT | Haiti | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="HU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ญ๐บ}} | HU | Hungary | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐จ}} | IC | Canary Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ID"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ฉ}} | ID | Indonesia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ช}} | IE | Ireland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ฑ}} | IL | Israel | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ฒ}} | IM | Isle of Man | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ณ}} | IN | India | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ด}} | IO | British Indian Ocean Territory | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ถ}} | IQ | Iraq | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ท}} | IR | Iran | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ธ}} | IS | Iceland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="IT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐น}} | IT | Italy | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="JE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฏ๐ช}} | JE | Jersey | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="JM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฏ๐ฒ}} | JM | Jamaica | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="JO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฏ๐ด}} | JO | Jordan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="JP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฏ๐ต}} | JP | Japan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ช}} | KE | Kenya | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฌ}} | KG | Kyrgyzstan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ญ}} | KH | Cambodia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฎ}} | KI | Kiribati | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฒ}} | KM | Comoros | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ณ}} | KN | data-sort-value="Saint Kitts & Nevis" | St. Kitts & Nevis | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ต}} | KP | North Korea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ท}} | KR | South Korea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ผ}} | KW | Kuwait | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐พ}} | KY | Cayman Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="KZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฟ}} | KZ | Kazakhstan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ฆ}} | LA | Laos | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LB"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ง}} | LB | Lebanon | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐จ}} | LC | data-sort-value="Saint Lucia" | St. Lucia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ฎ}} | LI | Liechtenstein | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ฐ}} | LK | Sri Lanka | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ท}} | LR | Liberia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ธ}} | LS | Lesotho | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐น}} | LT | Lithuania | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐บ}} | LU | Luxembourg | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ป}} | LV | Latvia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="LY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐พ}} | LY | Libya | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฆ}} | MA | Morocco | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐จ}} | MC | Monaco | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฉ}} | MD | Moldova | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ME"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ช}} | ME | Montenegro | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ซ}} | MF | data-sort-value="Saint Martin" | St. Martin | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฌ}} | MG | Madagascar | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ญ}} | MH | Marshall Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฐ}} | MK | North Macedonia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ML"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฑ}} | ML | Mali | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฒ}} | MM | Myanmar | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ณ}} | MN | Mongolia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ด}} | MO | Macau | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ต}} | MP | Northern Mariana Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MQ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ถ}} | MQ | Martinique | style="text-align:center"| 32x32px |
| id="MR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ท}} | MR | Mauritania | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ธ}} | MS | Montserrat | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐น}} | MT | Malta | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐บ}} | MU | Mauritius | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ป}} | MV | Maldives | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ผ}} | MW | Malawi | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MX"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฝ}} | MX | Mexico | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐พ}} | MY | Malaysia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="MZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฟ}} | MZ | Mozambique | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ฆ}} | NA | Namibia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐จ}} | NC | New Caledonia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ช}} | NE | Niger | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ซ}} | NF | Norfolk Island | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ฌ}} | NG | Nigeria | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ฎ}} | NI | Nicaragua | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ฑ}} | NL | Netherlands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ด}} | NO | Norway | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NP"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ต}} | NP | Nepal | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ท}} | NR | Nauru | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐บ}} | NU | Niue | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ณ๐ฟ}} | NZ | New Zealand | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="OM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ด๐ฒ}} | OM | Oman | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ฆ}} | PA | Panama | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ช}} | PE | Peru | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ซ}} | PF | French Polynesia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ฌ}} | PG | Papua New Guinea | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ญ}} | PH | Philippines | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ฐ}} | PK | Pakistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ฑ}} | PL | Poland | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ฒ}} | PM | data-sort-value="Saint Pierre & Miquelon" | St. Pierre & Miquelon | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ณ}} | PN | Pitcairn Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ท}} | PR | Puerto Rico | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ธ}} | PS | Palestine | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐น}} | PT | Portugal | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐ผ}} | PW | Palau | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="PY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ต๐พ}} | PY | Paraguay | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="QA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ถ๐ฆ}} | QA | Qatar | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="RE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ช}} | RE | data-sort-value="Reunion" | Rรฉunion | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="RO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ด}} | RO | Romania | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="RS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ธ}} | RS | Serbia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="RU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐บ}} | RU | Russia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="RW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ผ}} | RW | Rwanda | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฆ}} | SA | Saudi Arabia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SB"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ง}} | SB | Solomon Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐จ}} | SC | Seychelles | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฉ}} | SD | Sudan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ช}} | SE | Sweden | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฌ}} | SG | Singapore | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ญ}} | SH | data-sort-value="Saint Helena" | St. Helena | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฎ}} | SI | Slovenia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SJ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฏ}} | SJ | Svalbard & Jan Mayen | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฐ}} | SK | Slovakia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฑ}} | SL | Sierra Leone | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฒ}} | SM | San Marino | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ณ}} | SN | Senegal | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ด}} | SO | Somalia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ท}} | SR | Suriname | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ธ}} | SS | South Sudan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ST"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐น}} | ST | data-sort-value="Sao Tome & Principe" | Sรฃo Tomรฉ & Prรญncipe | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ป}} | SV | El Salvador | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SX"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฝ}} | SX | Sint Maarten | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐พ}} | SY | Syria | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฟ}} | SZ | Eswatini | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฆ}} | TA | Tristan da Cunha | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐จ}} | TC | Turks & Caicos Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TD"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฉ}} | TD | Chad | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ซ}} | TF | French Southern Territories | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฌ}} | TG | Togo | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TH"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ญ}} | TH | Thailand | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TJ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฏ}} | TJ | Tajikistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฐ}} | TK | Tokelau | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TL"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฑ}} | TL | Timor-Leste | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฒ}} | TM | Turkmenistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ณ}} | TN | Tunisia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TO"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ด}} | TO | Tonga | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TR"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ท}} | TR | Tรผrkiye | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐น}} | TT | Trinidad & Tobago | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TV"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ป}} | TV | Tuvalu | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ผ}} | TW | Taiwan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="TZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฟ}} | TZ | Tanzania | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฆ}} | UA | Ukraine | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฌ}} | UG | Uganda | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฒ}} | UM | data-sort-value="United States Outlying Islands" | U.S. Outlying Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ณ}} | UN | United Nations | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="US"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ธ}} | US | United States | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UY"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐พ}} | UY | Uruguay | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="UZ"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฟ}} | UZ | Uzbekistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐ฆ}} | VA | Vatican City | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VC"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐จ}} | VC | data-sort-value="Saint Vincent & Grenadines" | St. Vincent & Grenadines | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐ช}} | VE | Venezuela | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VG"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐ฌ}} | VG | British Virgin Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VI"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐ฎ}} | VI | data-sort-value="United States Virgin Islands" | U.S. Virgin Islands | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VN"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐ณ}} | VN | Vietnam | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="VU"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ป๐บ}} | VU | Vanuatu | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="WF"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ผ๐ซ}} | WF | Wallis & Futuna | style="text-align:center"| 32x32px |
| id="WS"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ผ๐ธ}} | WS | Samoa | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="XK"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฝ๐ฐ}} | XK | Kosovo | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="YE"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐พ๐ช}} | YE | Yemen | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="YT"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐พ๐น}} | YT | Mayotte | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ZA"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฟ๐ฆ}} | ZA | South Africa | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ZM"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฟ๐ฒ}} | ZM | Zambia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="ZW"
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฟ๐ผ}} | ZW | Zimbabwe | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
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| class="wikitable Unicode"
|+ {{nowrap|List of deprecated sequences}} | |||||
| colspan="2" | deprecated | colspan="4" | replacement{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-info.html#Appendix_Supplemental_Metadata|title=UTR #35: Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML), Supplemental Metadata|publisher=Unicode Consortium}}{{cite web |date=2020-10-28 |title=CLDR v38 Supplemental Metadata |url=https://unicode.org/Public/cldr/38.1 |work=Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) }} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | region | flag | code | region || possible rendering | |
| id="AN"
| rowspan="3" | AN | rowspan="3" | Netherlands Antilles | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ผ}} | CW | Curaรงao | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฝ}} | SX | Sint Maarten | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐ถ}} | BQ | Caribbean Netherlands | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
| id="BU"
| BU | Burma | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฒ}} | MM | Myanmar (Burma) | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="CS"
| rowspan="2" | CS | rowspan="2" | Serbia and Montenegro | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ธ}} | RS | Serbia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ช}} | ME | Montenegro | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
| id="DD"
| DD | German Democratic Republic | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฉ๐ช}} | DE | Germany | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="FX"
| FX | Metropolitan France | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ซ๐ท}} | FR | France | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="NT"
| rowspan="2" | NT | rowspan="2" | Neutral Zone | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ธ๐ฆ}} | SA | Saudi Arabia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฎ๐ถ}} | IQ | Iraq | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
| id="QU"
| QU | European Union | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐บ}} | EU | European Union | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="SU"
| rowspan="15" | SU | rowspan="15" | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐บ}} | RU | Russia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฒ}} | AM | Armenia | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฆ๐ฟ}} | AZ | Azerbaijan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ง๐พ}} | BY | Belarus | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ช๐ช}} | EE | Estonia | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฌ๐ช}} | GE | Georgia | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฟ}} | KZ | Kazakhstan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฐ๐ฌ}} | KG | Kyrgyzstan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐ป}} | LV | Latvia | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฑ๐น}} | LT | Lithuania | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ฉ}} | MD | Moldova | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฏ}} | TJ | Tajikistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฒ}} | TM | Turkmenistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฆ}} | UA | Ukraine | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐บ๐ฟ}} | UZ | Uzbekistan | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
| id="TP"
| TP | East Timor | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐น๐ฑ}} | TL | Timor-Leste | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="YD"
| YD | Democratic Yemen | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐พ๐ช}} | YE | Yemen | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
| id="YU"
| rowspan="2" | YU | rowspan="2" | Yugoslavia | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ท๐ธ}} | RS | Serbia | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
|
|style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐ฒ๐ช}} | ME | Montenegro | style="text-align:center"| 32px | ||
| id="ZR"
| ZR | Zaire | style="text-align:center"| {{huge|๐จ๐ฉ}} | CD | Congo-Kinshasa | style="text-align:center"| 32px |
A separate mechanism (emoji tag sequences) is used for regional flags, such as England {{not a typo|๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ}}, Scotland {{not a typo|๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ}}, Wales {{not a typo|๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ}}, Texas {{not a typo|๐ด๓ ต๓ ณ๓ ด๓ ธ๓ ฟ}} or California {{not a typo|๐ด๓ ต๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ก๓ ฟ}}.{{Cite web|url=http://unicode.org/reports/tr51/| date=2017-05-18 |title=UTR #51: Unicode Emoji|publisher=Unicode Consortium}} It uses {{unichar|1F3F4|WAVING BLACK FLAG|ulink=Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs}} and formatting tag characters instead of regional indicator symbols. It is based on ISO 3166-2 regions with hyphen removed and lowercase, e.g. GB-ENG โ gbeng, terminating with {{Unichar|E007F|CANCEL TAG|ulink=Tags (Unicode block)}}. Flag of England is therefore represented by a sequence U+1F3F4, U+E0067, U+E0062, U+E0065, U+E006E, U+E0067, U+E007F. In the tenth revision the Unicode consortium was considering {{unichar|1F3F3|WAVING WHITE FLAG|ulink=Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs}} instead,{{Cite web|url=http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/tr51-10.html|title=UTR #51: Unicode Emoji}} but from eleventh onwards it is black.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/tr51-11.html|title=UTS #51: Unicode Emoji}} Some vendors choose to include custom zero-width joiner sequences that only show up on their platform, such as WhatsApp and their Refugee Nation Flag ๐ณ๏ธโ๐งโโฌ๏ธโ๐ง.{{Cite web|year=2020|title=WhatsApp Portal|url=https://c.r74n.com/whatsapp/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622150842/https://c.r74n.com/whatsapp/|archive-date=22 June 2021|access-date=23 June 2021|website=Copy Paste Dump|publisher=R74n}}
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{{Main|Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement|l1=Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (Unicode block)}}
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Background
In 2007 a draft proposal was presented to the Unicode Technical Committee to encode emoji symbols, specifically those in widespread use on mobile phones by Japanese telecommunications companies DoCoMo, KDDI, and SoftBank.{{cite web | first1 = Kat | last1 = Momoi | first2 = Mark | last2 = Davis | first3 = Markus | last3 = Scherer | title = L2/07-257: Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols | date = 2007-08-03 | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07257-emoji-wd.html | access-date = 2014-08-18}}
The proposed symbols included ten national flags:{{cite web | title = Unicode Mapping for Emoji with Reference to Japanese Carriers, AU/KDDI, DoCoMo, and Softbank | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07257-emoji-wd-table.zip | format=ZIP archive file format | access-date = 2014-08-18}} China (๐จ๐ณ), Germany (๐ฉ๐ช), Spain (๐ช๐ธ), France (๐ซ๐ท), the UK (๐ฌ๐ง), Italy (๐ฎ๐น), Japan (๐ฏ๐ต), South Korea (๐ฐ๐ท), Russia (๐ท๐บ), and the United States (๐บ๐ธ).
Encoding these flags but not other countries' flags was considered, by some, as prejudicial.{{cite web | title = L2/09-114 N3607: Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji | date = 2009-04-06 | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09114-n3607-emoji.pdf | access-date = 2014-08-18}}
One rejected solution was to encode the ten flags but call them "EMOJI COMPATIBILITY SYMBOL-n" and represent them visually in the Standard as "EC n" instead of showing the flags they represent.{{cite web | title = INCITS/L2/09-304: Comments accompanying the U.S. negative vote on PDAM 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003 (SC2 N4078) | date = 2009-08-15 | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09304-usnb-cmts-rev-pdam8.pdf | access-date = 2014-08-18}}
Another rejected solution would have allocated 676 codepoints (26ร26) for each possible two letter combination of AโZ. They would represent political entities based on ISO 3166 such as "JP" for Japan or Internet ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) such as "EU" for the European Union.{{cite web | first = Karl | last = Pentzlin | title = L2/08-305: Some suggestions about the encoding of national flags as requested by the Emoji proposal | date = 2008-08-09 | url = https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08305-nat-flags.pdf | access-date = 2014-08-18}}
The accepted solution was to add 26 characters for letters used for the representation of regional indicators, which used in pairs would represent the ten national flags and possible future extensions.
Per the Unicode Standard {{em|"the main purpose of such [regional indicator symbol] pairs is to provide unambiguous roundtrip mappings to certain characters used in the emoji core sets"}}{{cite book | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 6.2, Chapter 15: Symbols | publisher = Unicode, Inc | date = September 2012 | pages = 534 | url = https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch15.pdf | isbn = 978-1-936213-07-8}}
specifically the ten national flags:{{cite web | title = Emoji Sources | publisher = Unicode, Inc. | date = 2013-12-17 | url = https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/EmojiSources.txt | format = plain text | access-date = 2014-08-18}} ๐จ๐ณ, ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ช๐ธ, ๐ซ๐ท, ๐ฌ๐ง, ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ท, ๐ท๐บ, and ๐บ๐ธ.
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Further reading
- {{cite web |author=Jennifer Daniel |title=The Past and Future of Flag Emoji ๐ |url=https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji |website=Did Someone Say Emoji? |date=March 28, 2022}}
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