Two festive pennants crossing like an X, the crossed flags emoji channels pure matsuri vibes—think street lanterns, taiko drums, and that irresistible urge to over-celebrate finishing a spreadsheet. It often reps Japan or anything Japanese-adjacent: anime marathons, ramen runs, J-pop drops, or travel posts that scream “Tokyo itinerary unlocked.” People also use it for squad unity or friendly rivalry—like a playful “us vs. them,” fandom collabs, or meme battles where everyone’s dramatic but in a wholesome way. Ironically, it’s great for tiny victories too: “I answered one email today 🎌 we move.”
On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot two crisp white triangular pennants with bold red circles (Hinomaru-style) near the hoist, perched on crossed wooden poles with subtle shading and a neat, slightly angled outward pose. The look is clean, festival-forward, and instantly recognizable as “those two white triangles with red dots,” not to be confused with the racing checkered flag. Emotionally, it reads as celebratory, spirited, and a little ceremonial—great for rallying the group chat or signaling “culture mode: ON.” In meme-land, it doubles as a polite horn-toot, a fandom banner, or a cheeky flourish when you’re being extra about the smallest W.
Definition
Two Japanese flags with a red dot on them symbolizing the rising sun due to its position east of mainland China. A symbol of solidarity.
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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
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1695 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:crossed_flags:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Celebration Symbols
Editorial Comment
In racing, crossed flags means the race has reached the half-way point. old iEmoji Name: Two Japanese Flags
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Celebration Symbols
Names & Annotations
CROSSED FLAGS * Japanese national holiday
Symbol Information
U+1F38C proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-514
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[祝日]
KDDI
#370 祝日マーク 「祝日maaku」 U+E5D9 SJIS-F34C JIS-792D
Softbank
#80 #old157 祝日 U+E143 SJIS-F784
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e143
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E143
Decimal Code Point(s)
57667
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x85 0x83
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 85 83
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 205 203
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE143
UTF-16 Hex
e143
UTF-16 Dec
57667
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E143
UTF-32 Hex
E143
UTF-32 Dec
57667
Python Src
u"\uE143"
PHP Src
"\xee\x85\x83"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE143"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🎌
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🎌
Decimal HTML Entity
🎌
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🎌
Hex Code Point(s)
1f38c
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F38C
Decimal Code Point(s)
127884
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x8C
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E 8C
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 214
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF8C
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf8c
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57228
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F38C
UTF-32 Hex
01F38C
UTF-32 Dec
127884
Python Src
u"\U0001F38C"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\x8c"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF8C"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
