flag: Japan

Simbolo de indicador regional jP japon

Information

The flag: Japan emoji is the Hinomaru—a pure white field with a bold red sun right in the center, shouting Land of the Rising Sun without saying a word. On Apple/iOS it appears as a clean rectangular flag with gentle ripple shading, no pole, crisp geometry, and that perfectly centered crimson disc that looks like a minimalist logo. People drop it to tag travel plans, study-Japanese updates, or pure foodie flexes like sushi, ramen, and convenience-store hauls that went a little too hard. It also works as shorthand for anime nights, J-pop drops, gaming news, or cheering on Samurai Japan and the national soccer team. In texts it can be proud, excited, or just a timezone PSA: I’m awake in JST, send help.

Online, it doubles as meme fuel for region-locked chaos—JP-only release, Nintendo Direct (JP), or waiting on the English patch energy. Some use it with a wink for otaku/weeb vibes—dropping it after itadakimasu, senpai noticed, or a Ghibli rewatch confession. During cherry blossom season it pops up with sakura photos; during baseball, soccer, or esports it turns into full-on digital face paint. It can even be deployed ironically alongside Tokyo-drift jokes or ramen-tier life decisions, but it still reads respectful when celebrating culture, tech, design, and a very clean flag aesthetic.

Definition

A waving flag with the symbolic "rising sun".

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	527 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture	Image not available
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:jp:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Regional Indicator Symbol Letters JP Japan Japanese Flag

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
Unicode Range	1F173–1F1FF
Unicode Subcategory	Regional Indicator Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory	Regional Indicator Symbols
Names & Annotations	REGIONAL INDICATOR SYMBOL LETTERS JP Temporary Notes: Japan, also a national holiday (in red)
Symbol Information	🇯🇵 U+1F1EF U+1F1F5 unified
Proposal Identifier	e-4E5

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[日の丸]
KDDI	#237 旗(祝日・日の丸) 「旗(祝日・日no丸)」 U+E4CC SJIS-F6A5 JIS-7627
Softbank	#422 #old434 国旗(日本) U+E50B SJIS-FBAB

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)	e50b
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E50B
Decimal Code Point(s)	58635
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x94 0x8B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 94 8B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 224 213
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE50B
UTF-16 Hex	e50b
UTF-16 Dec	58635
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E50B
UTF-32 Hex	E50B
UTF-32 Dec	58635
Python Src	u"\uE50B"
PHP Src	"\xee\x94\x8b"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE50B"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - 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, 1f1f5
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F1EF, U+1F1F5
Decimal Code Point(s)	127471, 127477
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAF, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 87 AF, F0 9F 87 B5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 207 257, 360 237 207 265
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDDEF, 0xD83C 0xDDF5
UTF-16 Hex	d83cddef, d83cddf5
UTF-16 Dec	55356 56815, 55356 56821
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F1EF 0x0001F1F5
UTF-32 Hex	01F1EF, 01F1F5
UTF-32 Dec	127471, 127477
Python Src	u"\U0001F1EF\U0001F1F5"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x87\xaf\xf0\x9f\x87\xb5"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDDEF\uD83C\uDDF5"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)