Letter emoji: A–Z regional indicators, 🅰️ 🅱️ Ⓜ️ 🅿️ and the alphabet buttons
There is no full emoji alphabet, but there are two ways to write letters as emoji. Copy them here, and see why two of the blue letters turn into a flag.
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The blue letters: regional indicators
The blue-box letters you see in usernames and captions are regional indicator symbols, U+1F1E6 to U+1F1FF. They exist to spell country codes: two of them together become a flag, so 🇺 followed by 🇸 renders as 🇺🇸. On their own they display as a letter on a blue square in most apps, which is what people mean by “letter emoji”. Because they are meant for flags, they are not in this directory’s emoji catalogue and have no names in other languages; copy them as plain characters below.
To spell a word, put a space or a zero-width space between letters that would otherwise form a flag: 🇺 🇸 stays two letters, 🇺🇸 becomes the flag. Pairs that are not a country code (🇭🇮, for example) stay as letters everywhere.
The red and blue letter buttons
Four letters exist as squared emoji because Japanese phones used them for blood types: 🅰️ A, 🅱️ B, 🆎 AB and 🅾️ O. Ⓜ️ circled M is a metro sign, and 🅿️ P button is parking. They are the letters that get reused in slang: 🅱️ replaces B in meme spelling, 🅿️ stands for the “pushing P” phrase, and 🅾️ for the “:O” face. The slang emoji guide covers those uses.
The two-letter buttons — 🆒 COOL, 🆕 NEW, 🆓 FREE, 🆙 UP!, 🆗 OK, 🆚 VS, 🆘 SOS, 🆔 ID, 🆑 CL, 🆖 NG — come from the same Japanese sets. 🆚 is popular for match-up posts and 🆕 for product drops.
Alphabet symbols
🔤 input latin letters (abc), 🔡 lowercase and 🔠 uppercase are keyboard-mode symbols. They stand for “letters”, “spelling” or “text” in general; teachers use 🔤 for literacy posts. 🔣 is the matching symbols key and 🔢 the numbers key, covered in the number emoji guide.
The full A–Z set of letter emoji
Every letter from A to Z exists as a regional indicator, typically displayed as a white letter on a blue square. These are the symbols often called “letter emoji”: 🇦 🇧 🇨 🇩 🇪 🇫 🇬 🇭 🇮 🇯 🇰 🇱 🇲 🇳 🇴 🇵 🇶 🇷 🇸 🇹 🇺 🇻 🇼 🇽 🇾 🇿. You can copy any of them directly from this list — for example, the letter E emoji is 🇪, the letter L emoji is 🇱, and the letter M emoji is 🇲. They work in messages, social media bios and anywhere text is allowed.
Because these letters are technically regional indicators, they don’t have individual names or meanings beyond their letter value. If you need a specific letter for a username or caption, copy the character from the list above.
Squared letter buttons: 🅱️, 🆚, 🆖, 🆔 and 🆎
These squared letter buttons are used as visual shorthand in messages and social media. 🅱️ is the B button, representing blood type B. 🆚 is the VS button, used for match-ups and comparisons. 🆖 stands for “no good” and is often used as a rejection. 🆔 is shorthand for “ID” or identification. 🆎 is the AB button, representing the AB blood type.
These buttons, along with Ⓜ️ (the circled M used for metro) and 🅿️ (the P button for parking), are plain text characters. You can copy them from the examples above and paste them anywhere text is allowed.
Copying any letter from the table
Each letter in the A–Z set above is a single regional indicator that can be copied with one tap. To copy and paste a letter, simply tap it. You can also copy several letters in sequence to spell a short word or initials, such as L O V E or a two-letter abbreviation. A single regional indicator, such as H, does not form a flag by itself; you need two letters that make a valid country code, like GB for the United Kingdom or JP for Japan. The table includes all twenty-six letters, so you can pick any uppercase letter you need without searching elsewhere.
Questions people ask
Is there an emoji for every letter?
Not as named emoji. The 26 blue regional indicator letters cover A–Z, and 🅰️ 🅱️ 🆎 🅾️ Ⓜ️ 🅿️ exist as squared or circled letters.
Why did my two letter emoji turn into a flag?
Two regional indicators that spell a country code (US, GB, FR and so on) combine into that flag. Put a space between them to keep them apart.
What is the red B emoji?
🅱️, the B button (blood type). It became a meme letter used to replace B or P in words for comic effect.
What is the e symbol?
The e symbol is the regional indicator 🇪, a white letter E on a blue square. There is no lowercase e emoji; the closest is the input symbol 🔡 for lowercase letters.
How do I copy and paste a letter emoji?
Copy the regional indicator character directly from the list above, for example 🇲 for M. They are plain text characters, so you can paste them into messages, bios and documents just like any other letter.
Is there a yellow M emoji?
No, the letter M emoji appears as a white M on a blue square (regional indicator 🇲). If you need a yellow M, you can type an M after a yellow square emoji 🟨 to create a similar look.
What is the AB button emoji?
The AB button emoji is 🆎, which represents the AB blood type. It is one of the squared letter buttons.
What is the B meme?
The B meme uses 🅱️, the B button (blood type) emoji, to replace the letter B in words for playful effect, as in ‘🅱️lease’ instead of ‘please’.
What does the letter L emoji mean?
The letter L emoji is a regional indicator symbol that represents the letter L. In slang, an L can mean a loss, so people sometimes use the emoji that way or to spell short words.
What do the VS, NG, and ID emoji mean?
🆚 VS stands for versus, used for match-ups. 🆖 NG stands for no good, meaning something is not acceptable. 🆔 ID stands for identification, used for IDs or badges.
What is the abs emoji?
🆎 is the AB button (blood type) emoji, which shows the letters A and B together.
Is there an r emoji? What about other single letters like w, d, k, f, t, o, n, g, and j?
Yes, each of those letters exists as a regional indicator symbol. You can copy the r emoji, w emoji, d emoji, k emoji, f emoji, t emoji, o emoji, n emoji, g emoji, and j emoji from the A–Z table above. For k copy and paste, simply click or tap the k in that list.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Facts were checked against the sources listed above. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
