๐ฉดThong Sandal Emoji
Generally, it just means flip-flops. People use it to represent the sandals themselves, not necessarily a specific situation.
The ๐ฉด emoji is a flip-flop.
- Unicode
- U+1FA74
- Released
- 2020
- Shortcode
- :thong_sandal:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the ๐ฉด Thong Sandal emoji mean?
One character, many names โ these are the wordings people actually type, all 9 of them.
People also look for it as flip flop emoji.
Thong Sandal emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1FA74. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it โ iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Thong Sandal emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :thong_sandal:.
In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1FA74.
How to type the ๐ฉด Thong Sandal emoji
No picker to hand? The thong sandal can be typed straight from the keyboard โ the codes for that are below, one per system.
Thong Sandal emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files โ one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Thong Sandal emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around thong sandal for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with ๐ฉด, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What ๐ฉด means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the thong sandal and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
What ๐ฉด means in other countries
Reads as beach or summer footwear in most English-speaking chats, though the design traces back to a Japanese sandal.
Signals flip-flop weather, beach plans, or a relaxed dress code.
Visually rooted in geta/zลri, traditional sandals with their own dress conventions.
Before you send it: Use it freely for beach or summer plans; thereโs no cultural landmine hiding here.
What ๐ฉด means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1FA74, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
๐ฉด vs ๐ก โ what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Thong Sandal
Code: U+1FA74 ยท added 2020
Shortcode: :thong_sandal:
Generally, it just means flip-flops.
Unicode name: Womanโs Sandal
Code: U+1F461 ยท added 2010
Shortcode: :sandal:
Generally, the ๐ก emoji just means a sandal or footwear.
Where the ๐ฉด Thong Sandal emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 13.0, the thong sandal has been on phones for years now โ counting from its release, 6.
Same character every time โ U+1FA74 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Thong Sandal was approved as U+1FA74 and shipped in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ๐ฉด is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes โ only the picture does.