Emoji
(Japan Flag): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(Japan Flag), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji Japan Flag
- Unicode Name
- Japan Flag
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F1EF U+1F1F5
- Category
- Flags
- Subcategory
- Country Flags
- Slug
- jp
Meaning and description of emoticon 
The
emoji depicts the flag of Japan: a white field with a large red circle in the center, representing the solar disc. Included in the Unicode character set, "Flags" section.
is the flag of Japan, and in chats it serves as a direct geographical reference: "referring to Japan" or "the conversation is tied to this country." It's often paired with
,
, or
, and appears in messages in the context of travel, sports teams, news, or an official place reference, fitting when you need to mark a territory without extra words. Japan isn't just geography β it's travel memories, knowledge of the language, or a connection to the culture.
Usage Examples 
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :jp: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :jp: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :jp: | |
| HTML Dec | 🇯🇵 | |
| HTML Hex | 🇯🇵 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F1EF\1F1F5"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F1EF\U0001F1F5 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83C\uDDEF\uD83C\uDDF5 | |
| Perl | \x{1F1EF}\x{1F1F5} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F1EF 1F1F5} | |
| Punycode | xn--n77hma | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%87%AF%F0%9F%87%B5 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 87 AF F0 9F 87 B5 |




