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Flags

The letter&nbsp;J, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter J

The letter&nbsp;P, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter P

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;JP&nbsp;on some platforms.

A grotesque, red face with horns, wide eyes, a large nose, crooked fangs, and a fringe of shaggy hair. Depicts an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni">oni</a>, a kind of hideous ogre in Japanese folklore.

On <a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&rsquo;s Eve</a> in some parts of Japan, men may wear&nbsp;oni masks and straw coats to dress up as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage">namahage</a>, another mythic being,&nbsp;to chide naughty children or ward off evil. May popularly denote supernatural or figurative beasts and demons.

Japanese Ogre

A menacing, red mask featuring a grotesquely long nose, angry eyes, and bushy eyebrows and mustache. Depicts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu">tengu</a>, a proud trickster figure in Japanese folklore.

May popularly denote evil, anger, cruel or mischievous behavior, and sexual suggestion, due to the phallic appearance of its nose. May also represent supernatural or figurative trolls, goblins, and other such beings.

Japanese Goblin

The pink flower of a cherry blossom tree. Depicted as a single, light-pink cherry blossom with five, notched petals and red-tipped stamens in&nbsp;a yellow or white center.

A traditional symbol <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom">in Japan</a>, where the flower is called sakura&nbsp;and celebrated in&nbsp;annual viewings.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such ideas as love and beauty.&nbsp;Also used as a pink accent color.

Not to be confused with <a href="/white-flower/">💮 White Flower</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/hibiscus/">🌺 Hibiscus</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Cherry Blossom

A stylized white flower. Generally depicted as a <a href="/rosette/">rosette</a>-shaped <a href="/cherry-blossom/">cherry blossom</a> in pink or red outline, often with a white fill.

Apple, Microsoft, WhatsApp, and Facebook&#39;s designs feature Japanese characters roughly translating to&nbsp;very well done, used by teachers as a stamp for students who did exceptional work, often accompanied by a <a href="/hundred-points/">score in red</a>.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such ideas as love, happiness, and beauty.&nbsp;Also used as a pink, white, or red&nbsp;accent color.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cherry-blossom/">🌸 Cherry Blossom</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/hibiscus/">🌺 Hibiscus</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Apple&#39;s flower <a href="/apple/ios-10.2/white-flower/">previously</a> featured a red-outlined design, <a href="/google/android-5.0/white-flower/">Google&#39;s</a> an orange outline. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/white-flower/">Microsoft&#39;s</a> flower was previously black and white, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/white-flower/">Samsung</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/white-flower/">Facebook&#39;s</a> pink and white.

White Flower

A Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento">bento</a>, a lunch box divided into portions of&nbsp;<a href="/cooked-rice/">rice</a>, vegetables, and&nbsp;<a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat&nbsp;</a>or seafood, such as&nbsp;<a href="/sushi/">sushi&nbsp;</a>or&nbsp;<a href="/fried-shrimp/">fried shrimp</a>.

Bento Box

A Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senbei">senbei</a>, or rice cracker, wrapped with a sheet of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nori">nori</a>, or seaweed, a snack commonly enjoyed with&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">green tea</a>.

Rice Cracker

A Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri">onigiri</a>, a&nbsp;cone-shaped ball of white&nbsp;<a href="/cooked-rice/">rice</a>, a snack wrapped with a sheet of&nbsp;nori, or seaweed.

Rice Ball

A bowl of steamed white rice, a staple component of cuisine throughout Asia. Bowl color varies across platforms, though is often white.

Cooked Rice

A plate of orange-brown curry with vegetables or&nbsp;<a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat</a>, served with a mound of white <a href="/cooked-rice/">rice</a>. May represent&nbsp;kare-raisu, or&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_curry">Japanese curry</a>, though commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="/flag-india/">India</a>&nbsp;and other Asian cuisines.

Curry and Rice

A bowl of steaming-hot food. Depicted as Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen#Etymology">ramen</a>&nbsp;(noodles in broth) with&nbsp;<a href="/chopsticks/">chopsticks&nbsp;</a>on most platforms, though it can represent a warm meal more generally.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/steaming-bowl/">previously resembled</a>&nbsp;<a href="/pot-of-food/">Pot of Food</a>.

Steaming Bowl

A skewer of three bites of Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oden">oden</a>, a winter dish made with&nbsp;<a href="/fish-cake-with-swirl/">fishcakes</a>, tofu, konnyaku, and a variety of other ingredients, including boiled&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">eggs</a>. Often served as a stew or skewered and dipped into soy sauce. Resembles the&nbsp;<a href="/dango/">Dango&nbsp;</a>and may be used for other skewered foods (e.g., shish&nbsp;<a href="/stuffed-flatbread/">kebab</a>, roasting marshmallows) or spears.

Oden

Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi">sushi</a>, generally depicted as two pieces of raw pinkish-orange&nbsp;<a href="/fish/">fish</a>, as tuna or salmon, on white&nbsp;<a href="/cooked-rice/">rice&nbsp;</a>(nigiri). Some platforms show the cylindrical&nbsp;maki, a piece of seafood, vegetables, and white rice wrapped in seaweed (nori).

Sushi

A prawn or shrimp breaded and deep-fried golden-brown. Known as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_prawn">ebi furai</a>&nbsp;in Japan but commonly called shrimp&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempura">tempura</a>&nbsp;and served in a&nbsp;<a href="/bento-box/" title="🍱 Bento Box">bento box</a>. Not to be confused with the&nbsp;<a href="/shrimp/">Shrimp</a>.

Fried Shrimp

A slice of Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narutomaki">narutomaki</a>, a ridged fishcake of processed whitefish with an iconic pink&nbsp;<a href="/cyclone/">swirl</a>, often served in <a href="/steaming-bowl/">ramen</a> or <a href="/oden/">oden</a>. Thanks to its distinct swirl, may be used for flair.

Fish Cake with Swirl Design

A Japanese sweet&nbsp;<a href="/dumpling/">dumpling</a>&nbsp;made from rice flour and served on a skewer. Depicted as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dango">botchan dango</a>, comprising a pink, white or light yellow, and green ball, as colored by red beans,&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">egg</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">green tea</a>. Resembles the&nbsp;<a href="/oden/">Oden</a>&nbsp;and featured in the&nbsp;<a href="/moon-viewing-ceremony/">Moon Viewing Ceremony</a>, used in the Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi">festival</a>&nbsp;to celebrate the&nbsp;<a href="/full-moon/">full moon</a>.&nbsp;

Dango

A dumpling of dough and filling, as folded and pinched closed for steaming or frying. Associated with cuisines around the world, including <a href="/flag-china/">China</a> (jiaozi), <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a> (gyoza&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/dango/">dango</a>), <a href="/flag-poland/">Poland</a> (pierogi), and <a href="/flag-spain/">Spain</a> and Latin America (empanada).

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/dumpling/">previously</a> resembled&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolongbao">xiaolongbao</a>, a Chinese soup dumpling.

Dumpling

A mound of shaved ice (snow cone) served in a dessert bowl with a short spoon, flavored with a&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry-red&nbsp;</a>syrup on many platforms. Associated with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_ice">Hawaiian shave ice</a>&nbsp;or Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakigōri">kakigori</a>.

Shaved Ice

A frosted cake with lit candles, as presented for a birthday celebration. The style of cake widely varies across platforms. With white frosting and&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberries</a>, Apple and Google&rsquo;s designs suggest&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-japanese-eat-cake-christmas-180961556/">Japanese Christmas cake</a>. Other vendors depict a chocolate, pink, and/or sponge cake.

Birthday Cake

A cup of green tea, as the minty-colored Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha">matcha</a>, usually shown on a wooden mat. Matcha is traditionally served in a small bowl that resembles a cup without a handle. Often taken as a bowl of soup, such as a split pea.

May also be used to refer to a person&#39;s physical attractiveness, as per the slang phrase &quot;your body is tea.&quot;

Teacup Without Handle

Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake">sake</a>, an alcoholic beverage made from rice. Shown as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake_set">sake set</a>&nbsp;with a carafe (tokkuri) and drinking cup (choko). Most platforms show a&nbsp;cream colored sake set&nbsp;with a blue or red stripe motif. Samsung&#39;s design used to show&nbsp;the Japanese script for &#39;sake&#39;&nbsp;in red along the side of the carafe.

Sake Bottle and Cup

A pair of equal-length chopsticks, an eating utensil used throughout East Asia. Design and color vary&nbsp;widely by platform, though often red or wood-colored and with tips angled together. Featured in many platforms&#39;&nbsp;<a href="/steaming-bowl/">Steaming Bowl of Food</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/takeout-box/">Takeout Box</a>. A counterpart to utensils such as&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/">Fork and Knife&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon</a>.

Chopsticks

A knife with a long steel blade, as a <a href="/woman-cook/">chef</a> uses to slice <a href="/cut-of-meat/">meat</a> or vegetables. Depicted with a black or brown handle and positioned at a 45&deg; angle, often with its point at the lower right.

May be used for content concerning cooking and food preparation, but often represents various senses of cutting and stabbing.&nbsp;Its Unicode name, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_kitchen_knife">Hocho</a>, means &ldquo;kitchen knife&rdquo; in Japanese and refers to a variety of knives used in <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/dagger/">🗡️&nbsp;Dagger</a> or <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a>.

Hocho

A globe, showing the continents of Asia and Australia in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the Asian, Australian, and Pacific regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/globe-showing-europe-africa/">🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa</a>.

Earth Globe Asia-Australia

Shows a map of the country of Japan, which is the only country to have its own emoji map. Other countries can be found on the <a href="/globe-showing-americas/" title="🌎 Earth Globe Americas">various globe emojis</a>, or the <a href="/world-map/" title="🗺 World Map">world map emoji</a>.

Silhouette of Japan

Mount Fuji (called&nbsp;Fuji-san in Japan) is the largest mountain in Japan. Often seen with snow on the peak in colder months of the year.

It is considered lucky in Japan to dream of Mt Fuji in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume">first dream of the new year</a>.

Mount Fuji

A Japanese&nbsp;post office, featuring the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_postal_mark">〒 Japanese postal mark</a> on the front of the building.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/japanese-post-office/">previously</a>&nbsp;displayed this mark on its own&nbsp;instead of being featured on the building.

Japanese Post Office

A traditional Japanese Castle (城, shiro or jō), usually made from stone and wood.

Japanese Castle

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower">Tokyo Tower</a> is the second-tallest building in Japan, located in&nbsp;Minato, Tokyo.

Built in 1957, the design of the Tokyo Tower &nbsp;was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, <a href="/flag-france/" title="🇫🇷 Flag For France">France</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;may be confused for it due to the small size of the emoji. A previous Samsung design also added to this confusion as it was colored grey instead of red and white.

Tokyo Tower

A shrine used for the Japanese Shinto religion. This emoji generally displays the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii">torii</a>, which is the gate to the Shinto Shrine. The torii is generally a&nbsp;red colored structure, with a curved roof section above two posts.

This icon is used on maps in Japan to represent the location of a Shinto Shrine, similar to how the <a href="/hot-springs/" title="♨️ Hot Springs">hot springs emoji</a> is the icon used on Japanese maps to show the location of an onsen.

Shinto Shrine

Representation of&nbsp;hot springs with steam rising&nbsp;from a circular tub. This is the common symbol used to represent an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen">onsen</a> on <a href="http://www.japan-ryokan.net/onsen" title="🗾 Silhouette Of Japan">maps in&nbsp;Japan</a>.

Hot Springs

A high speed train, designed to cover long distances at high speed. Also features a streamlined bullet nose, often used in reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> in Japan.

High-Speed Train with Bullet Nose

A golden ball, split in two halves in a shower of multicolored confetti and streamers.

Like <a href="/party-popper/">🎉 Party Popper</a>, commonly used to convey congratulations and celebration, as on <a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&rsquo;s Eve</a>, <a href="/birthday/">birthdays</a>, <a href="/wedding-marriage/">wedding days</a>, <a href="/graduation/">graduations</a>, and other special occasions or good times more generally.

Its design across platforms&mdash;and&nbsp;inclusion in <a href="/au-kddi/type-c-2/confetti-ball/">early sets from au by KDDI</a>&mdash;suggest&nbsp;the emoji is a Japanese <a href="https://jisho.org/search/kusudama">kusudama</a>, a decorative ball used at such festive occasions as opening ceremonies.

Confetti Ball

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🇯🇵 Flag: Japan on Apple iOS 17.4

🇯🇵 Flag: Japan on Apple iOS 17.4

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