The chequered flag is the universal “we’re done here” of motorsport, the cloth that crowns champions and ends chaos. You’ll see it dropped in Formula 1, NASCAR, and every arcade fever dream from Mario Kart to your cousin’s RC car race in the driveway. In chats, it screams finish line energy—project wrapped, deadline defeated, last rep crushed, binge-watch completed. Brits spell it “chequered,” Americans say “checkered,” but everyone agrees it means victory laps only.
Use it as a mic-drop when you nail a task, as a sarcastic pat on the back when someone finally shows up, or to hype the final stretch of anything (“one more slide then bed”). It’s meme-perfect for speedrun moments IRL, endgame energy posts, and those “and that’s the tweet” conclusions. Pair it with a trophy, stopwatch, or race car for maximum lap time drama, or drop it solo for minimalist winner’s circle vibes.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a crisp black-and-white checker pattern waving on a sleek silver pole, angled slightly right as if catching a celebratory gust. The squares are high-contrast and neatly tiled, with soft shading that makes the fabric look mid-flutter—no text, no extras, just pure finish-line swagger you can spot instantly.
Definition
A high contrast alternating black and white fag appearing at the beginning/ending of a race commonly associated with the winner. iEmoji old name: Black and white Checkered Flag.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:checkered_flag:
Keywords
Checkered, Chequred, Race, Flag, Finish, Complete, End
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Sport Symbols
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Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Sport Symbols
Names & Annotations
CHEQUERED FLAG Old name: CHECKERED FLAG = motor sports Temporary Notes: motor sports, goal
