Chequered flag emoji 🏁
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F3C1
What 🏁 means
Chequered flag 🏁 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: checkered, chequered, finish, flag, flags, game, race, racing, sport, win.
Those words also drive emoji search: try checkered or chequered on your phone to find 🏁.
On the emoji keyboard, 🏁 sits with the flags (8 emoji) inside flags, which has 270 emoji, for example 🚩 🎌 🏴 🏳️.
Will 🏁 show on my friend's phone?
🏁 has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type 🏁
To find 🏁 quickly, type chequered flag into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type chequered flag.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type chequered flag in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type chequered flag.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees 🏁 as one code point, U+1F3C1: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F3C1 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🏁 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🏁 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3C1"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3C1} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8F%81 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8F 81 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🏁 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | chequered flag |
| Português | bandeira quadriculada |
| Español | bandera de cuadros |
| Italiano | bandiera a scacchi |
| Français | drapeau à damier |
| Deutsch | Zielflagge |
| Türkçe | damalı bayrak |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bendera kotak-kotak |
| Polski | flaga w szachownicę |
| Русский | клетчатый флаг |
| 日本語 | チェッカーフラッグ |
| 한국어 | 격자 무늬 깃발 |
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All flags emoji →Questions people ask
What does the chequered flag emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🏁 "chequered flag" and links it with checkered, chequered, finish, flag. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the flags subgroup of flags.
When was the chequered flag emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the chequered flag emoji?
To find 🏁 quickly, type chequered flag into the emoji search.