🇯🇵 flag: Japan Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Japan Emoji 🇯🇵 Mean?

A red disc on a white field — the Hinomaru ('circle of the sun') — one of the simplest and most recognizable national flags in the world. The sun has been a Japanese symbol for over 1,400 years, and the design has been used by Japanese emperors since at least the 12th century. The Hinomaru became the official national flag in 1870 and was reconfirmed by law in 1999.

The red disc represents the rising sun, fitting since Japan is the 'Land of the Rising Sun.' The emoji floods feeds during sakura cherry-blossom season, Olympic Games, Tokyo travel posts, anime conventions, sushi-making content, and major sporting events. Travelers tag it with Mount Fuji, Kyoto temples, and Shibuya Crossing shots. Coded in Unicode 6.0 from JP — one of iOS's original six flag emojis in 2010 — it pairs with cherry-blossom, sushi, torii-gate, and bullet-train emojis.

The Japanese diaspora across Brazil, the US, and Peru uses it widely.