🇦 Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A

How to type Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A on Mac / Windows / Linux?

Windows: Use the Emoji Panel (Win + .), the Character Map app, or copy/paste 🇦.

macOS: Use Character Viewer (Control + Command + Space) and search by name, or copy/paste.

Linux: In many Linux apps, press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 1f1e6, then press Enter. If that doesn't work, use Character Map and copy/paste.

Microsoft Office: Type 1F1E6 then press Alt + X.

How to type Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A on iOS / Android?

On iOS, long-press the globe/emoji key and search in the symbol picker, or paste the symbol.

On Android, open the symbols keyboard or use your app’s character panel, then paste.

How to add Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A in HTML?

Best practice is to include the literal character and serve your page as UTF-8. Use numeric references (or a named HTML entity, if available) only when you need an ASCII-only representation.

<meta charset="utf-8" />
<span>🇦 symbol</span>

<span>🇦 symbol</span>

<span>&#127462; symbol</span>

<span>&#x1F1E6; symbol</span>

How to add Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A in CSS?

CSS escapes work inside the content property. This is most useful with ::before or ::after.

.symbol::after {
  content: "\01F1E6";
}

<span class="symbol"></span>

How to add Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A in JavaScript / JSON?

Use Unicode escapes in strings for a stable, language-neutral representation.

const symbol = "\u{1F1E6}";
console.log(symbol);

{
  "symbol": "\uD83C\uDDE6"
}

How to add Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A in URL / Query string?

Use percent-encoding. In JavaScript, use encodeURIComponent.

https://example.com?q=%F0%9F%87%A6

How to add Regional Indicator Symbol Letter A in Word / Google Docs / Excel?

In Word or Google Docs, go to Insert → Symbol (or Special Characters) and search the Unicode name.

In Word, you can type 1F1E6 and press Alt+X to convert it.

=UNICHAR(127462)

Encoding notes

UTF-8 and UTF-16 byte sequences are listed above for developer tools, debugging, or data pipelines.