A flip-flop with a Y-shaped strap between the toes: Unicode calls it Thong Sandal, Australians call the real object thongs, and New Zealanders call it a jandal. Added in 2020, it's typed for beach days, poolside changing, or summer so casual that real shoes feel like overdressing.
What π©΄ means
A flat footwear with a pair of converging straps that hold the back of the sole and the front together. On some platforms, this emoji is shown with the front view, and sometimes, the side perspective.
The π©΄ Thong Sandal emoji represents slippers, flip flops, sandals, and other flat footwear that generally evokes a casual sense of fashion. It could also suggest beach footwear.
How and when to use it
- If someone's talking trash or talking too much, you can use π©΄ to shut them up. Like, "Bro. Keep quiet before you get a slippery slap π©΄". Essentially, a flipflop is used in some countries to whack someone.
- Use π©΄ while posting pictures from your beach vacation. It could be a picture of you in flipflops, the sand, a video of someone running across the beach, or any other beach-related repost too.
- If you're sharing social media stories or posts of/from your arid holiday where shoes are a horrifying option to even think of, you can use π©΄ in those contexts. For example, "Flipflops for the save π©΄. Just cannot wear anything else here!".
- Throwing back to the first point, you could also use π©΄ in the contexts of something outrageous and something that makes you want to punch a wall or a person - "WHO allows people like this to have an opinion?! π©΄".
Other Names
- π©΄ Flipflop(s)
- π©΄ Sandals
- π©΄ Flat Footwear
- π©΄ Slippers
- π©΄ Home Footwear
- π©΄ Beach Footwear
- π©΄ Thongs
- π©΄ Pluggers
- π©΄ Japanese Sandals
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects βΊ clothing
- Codepoints
U+1FA74- Emoji version
- Emoji 13.0
- Shortcodes
:thong_sandal:- Keywords
- beach, flip, flop, sandal, sandals, shoe, thong, thongs, zΕri
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.
β‘ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first β π©΄ Thong Sandal or π΄ Flower Playing Cards?
Runs with a crowd
π©΄ keeps company in summer emojis β tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.