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Asked: 2020-06-12 11:14:53 +0800 CST

Why I get ? If I try insert Estonian flag emoji ?? by unicode codepoint?

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I want to insert Estonian flag emoji ?? by it's unicode codepoint U+1F1EA, but when I press Ctr+Shift+Alt+U and insert the mentioned codepoint, I end up with REGIONAL INDICATOR SYMBOL LETTER E: ?

When I investigated, it has indeed the same endpoint U+1F1EA. When I used What Unicode character is this?, both symbols (?? and ?) are detected as REGIONAL INDICATOR SYMBOL LETTER E.

Why?

When I copy flag emoji from emojipedia I get ?? and when I just insert the codepoint (as defined in Emojipedia page too) I get ?. It is confusing, that same codepoint results with 2 different symbols, but when detected, they both refer to same codepoint.

I feel I miss something from the picture.

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2 Answers

  1. The underlying Unicode representation of ?? is 2 codepoints in length, not 1. U+1F1EA is the codepoint at position [0]. Coincidentally, it's also the codepoint at position [1], because the ISO 2-letter country code for Estonia is "EE".

    To insert any emoji flag, you need to insert both of the region indicator symbols for its country code adjacent to each other. For example:

    Estonia (EE) ? + ? = ??
Nepal   (NP) ? + ? = ??
Kenya   (KE) ? + ? = ??

    The accepted answer happens to true for Estonia, but not in the general case (most country codes do not contain repeated letters).

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  2. Best Answer

    I got it, for emoji flag I need to insert same codepoint twice like

    Ctr+Shift+Alt+U1f1eaEnter

    Ctr+Shift+Alt+U1f1eaEnter

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