The flag: South Korea emoji flies in the name of the Taegukgi—clean white field, bold red-over-blue yin‑yang swirl in the middle, and four black trigrams posted at the corners like tiny guardians. On Apple/iOS it’s a crisp, slightly waving rectangle with no pole, high-contrast colors, and razor-sharp geometry: three solid bars in the top-left, three broken bars in the bottom-right, and the mixed bars (broken-solid-broken and solid-broken-solid) balancing the other corners. It’s instantly recognizable in chats about K‑pop comebacks, K‑drama cliffhangers, kimchi cravings, late-night ramyeon, skincare hauls, or a “hwaiting!” before exams and ranked matches. People drop it to rep Seoul trips, cheer the Taeguk Warriors in the World Cup, stan their bias during a music show win, or signal “KR server” energy in esports.
Culturally, the white background nods to purity and peace, the red-blue taegeuk symbolizes balance, and the trigrams echo classical elements—great trivia to flex under your travel reel. Online, it can be earnest (diaspora pride), celebratory (BTS comeback, anyone?), or deliciously extra (“I learned two Hangul characters, I’m basically fluent” energy). It also shows up playfully in foodie posts (tteokbokki heat levels: expert mode), mukbang streams, and K‑beauty routines that somehow involve 12 steps and eternal glow. Whether you’re announcing a Seoul itinerary, live-tweeting an LCK reverse sweep, or just typing “daebak!” after perfect bulgogi, this flag waves with equal parts hype and heart.
Definition
Tri-colored flag red, blue, yellow with white meaning purity and a red and blue taegeuk in the center and four trigrams.
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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)
536 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
:kr:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Regional Indicator Symbol Letters KR South Korea
South Korean 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 KR Temporary Notes: South Korea
Symbol Information
🇰🇷 U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7 unified
Proposal Identifier
e-4EE
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[韓国]
KDDI
#704 韓国国旗 U+EB12 SJIS-F3D3 JIS-7A55
Softbank
#431 #old443 国旗(韓国) U+E514 SJIS-FBB4
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f1f0, 1f1f7
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F1F0, U+1F1F7
Decimal Code Point(s)
127472, 127479
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB0, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 87 B0, F0 9F 87 B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 207 260, 360 237 207 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDDF0, 0xD83C 0xDDF7
UTF-16 Hex
d83cddf0, d83cddf7
UTF-16 Dec
55356 56816, 55356 56823
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F1F0 0x0001F1F7
UTF-32 Hex
01F1F0, 01F1F7
UTF-32 Dec
127472, 127479
Python Src
u"\U0001F1F0\U0001F1F7"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x87\xb0\xf0\x9f\x87\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDDF0\uD83C\uDDF7"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
