The Jamaica flag emoji flashes a bold gold X (a diagonal saltire) that slices the field into four triangles—green on top and bottom, black on the left and right. On Apple devices it appears as a slightly waving rectangle on a gray flagpole, glossy and vibrant, with the gold cross thick and unmistakable against deep green and inky black—instantly recognizable even at tiny sizes. That crisp saltire and high-contrast palette make it pop in timelines and group chats like it just dropped a bassline at a street dance.
People use it to rep Jamaican heritage, celebrate reggae or dancehall drops, flex track-and-field dominance, or caption a jerk-chicken plate that went way too hard. It pairs well with fire, music notes, pepper, goat, and lightning—think “GOAT sprinter energy” or “playlist so irie the neighbors know.” Expect it during carnivals, Independence Day posts, beach-brag vacays, and “island time” humble brags; it also shows up with “wagwan” or a playful patois moment for extra vibe. Memes love it for anything Usain Bolt-speed—like sprinting to catch the bus—and for signaling feel-good sunshine moods without typing a whole paragraph.
Culturally, it nods to reggae royalty, world-class sprinters, and the motto “Out of Many, One People,” and it’s famously one of the few national flags without red, white, or blue. Visual takeaway: gold X, green up/down, black left/right—clean, bold, and forever festival-ready.
This emoji represents the country of Jamaica.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1313 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters JM Jamaica |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇯🇲 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇯🇲 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇯 🇲 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇯 🇲 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1ef, 1f1f2 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EF, U+1F1F2 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127471, 127474 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAF, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AF, F0 9F 87 B2 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 257, 360 237 207 262 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEF, 0xD83C 0xDDF2 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddef, d83cddf2 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56815, 55356 56818 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EF 0x0001F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EF, 01F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127471, 127474 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EF\U0001F1F2" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xaf\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEF\uD83C\uDDF2" |
