The flag: United States emoji is the digital Stars and Stripes—instantly summoning fireworks, BBQ smoke, and a bald eagle doing a dramatic screech off-screen. People toss it into posts for July 4th plans, Team USA wins, election-night hot takes, NASA launches, study-abroad updates, or just to say “I’m stateside, y’all.” It also rides along with road-trip brags (hello, Route 66), moving-to-NYC announcements, and heartfelt homecomings. Expect chants of “USA! USA!” in the comments like it’s a stadium wave.
Online, it swings between sincere and spicy: patriotic pride, heritage love, and sports hype—but also the tongue-in-cheek “’Murica” energy about supersized sodas, ranch on everything, and fireworks at 2 a.m. People use it to signal “shipping to US only,” to mark time zones, or to poke fun at cultural quirks with a wink. Dropping 🇺🇸 after a joke can read as sarcastic or affectionate depending on the vibe—both are canon on meme pages. Pair it with 🎆🍔🏈 for instant summertime Americana.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a bright red-and-white striped flag with a deep navy canton sprinkled with tiny white stars, waving from a slim silver pole. It has a soft 3D fold and glossy shading, as if a gentle breeze is catching it from left to right—clean, crisp, and unmistakably “Old Glory.” The compact stars are stylized rather than hyper-detailed, but the overall look nails that classic parade-flag moment.
Definition
Red White and Blue stripes.
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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)
432 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:us:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Regional Indicator Symbol Letters US United States
United States 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 US Temporary Notes: U.S.A.
