Two identical Japanese flags crossed at their poles, the crossed-flags emoji started as a specific national symbol but reads more broadly now. It shows up for festivals, celebrations, and any moment that calls for a little fanfare, standing in for good news the way confetti or party horns do.
What 🎌 means
A pair of Japanese flags, crossed with each other forming an 'X' kind of a symbol. The 🎌 Crossed Flags emoji could indicate that a given racing event is half-way through. However, this emoji may also be used as a synecdoche for a race or competition.
How and when to use it
- While sharing info on racing events, 🎌 would come in handy. This can be a motor car racing event, a bike racing event, a competition, or any virtual means of competing as well.
- If you're giving live updates about a racing event that has now completed half its course, use 🎌. Similarly, this emoji can be generalized to anything that's "half-way there".
- Some instances supporting the second use-case are - "I'll meet you half-way 🎌", "Believe you can and you're halfway there 🎌", or "Halfway isn't all the way but it's far better than no way! 🎌".
- Since 🎌 is a pair of Japanese flags, you could use this emoji as a general element in Japan-related contexts.
Other Names
- 🎌 A Pair of Japanese Flags
- 🎌 Crossed Japanese Flags
- 🎌 Racing Flags
- 🎌 Halfway Point
- 🎌 Two Flags
- 🎌 Two Crossed Flags
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › flag
- Codepoints
U+1F38C- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:crossed_flags:- Keywords
- celebration, cross, crossed, flags, Japanese
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🎌 Crossed Flags or 🥞 Pancakes?