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Chequered Flag Emoji 🏁

Black-and-white checkered squares on a pole — the chequered-flag emoji is what waves at a finish line. It marks the end of a race, literal or otherwise, and gets used any time something wraps up: a project shipped, a deal closed, a long week finally 'done.'

What 🏁 means

A horizontally rectangular waving flag, designed in black and white checks, tied to a flagpole. The 🏁 Chequered Flag emoji represents a racing flag. Used to indicate the start or end of any motor racing competition, this emoji could symbolize victory too.

How and when to use it

Since 🏁 is generally waved to convey that an automobile has crossed the finish line, you may use the same to represent a 'winner' in a literal or metaphorical context.
Some instances for the previous use-case are - "You must give it to him tho. He did finish strong despite the lapse 🏁", "Yaaasss! Congratulations! 🏁", or "Who's the bawse? You the bawse! 🏁"/
You could also use 🏁 to suggest a 'victorious end'. For example, "Our struggle can only end in victory, my friend 🏁" or "At the end of the day, I will be satisfied only if I've given my best 🏁".
Generally, 🏁 can be a symbol for a competition or a race, both offline and online. Like, "We're going to watch the race! 🏁" or "Okay. Let's see who wins the "Don't text for the next three days" marathon 🏁".

Other Names

🏁 Racing Flag
🏁 Race Flag
🏁 Victory Flag
🏁 Black and White Flag
🏁 Checkered Flag
🏁 Finish Line
🏁 Flag With Black and White Checks

The lowdown

Category: Flags › flag
Codepoints: U+1F3C1
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :checkered_flag:
Keywords: checkered, chequered, finish, flag, flags, game, race, racing, sport, win

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.