Meaning
The thong sandal emoji shows a simple, flat sandal with a Y-shaped strap that runs between the toes—rendered in bright colors like blue, pink, or red, often with a sunny, casual vibe. It's the quintessential beach, poolside, or casual summer shoe.
This emoji screams warm weather, relaxation, and low-key comfort. People use it when talking about summer plans, beach trips, vacation mode, or just the feeling of kicking back and doing nothing. You'll see it in captions about tropical getaways, poolside hangs, or that moment when you finally get to abandon shoes for flip-flops. It's shorthand for the entire *vibe* of summer leisure.
The thong sandal carries a distinctly casual, breezy energy compared to fancier footwear emoji. It signals comfort over style, relaxation over formality. Whether someone's actually heading to the beach or just feeling that summery mindset, this emoji delivers the mood instantly. Notably, this is one of the newer shoe emoji, approved as part of Unicode Emoji 13 in 2020, reflecting a modern push to include more everyday, casual footwear options in the emoji lexicon.
Common Uses
- • Celebrating summer or warm weather
- • Talking about beach trips
- • Expressing relaxation and comfort
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Thong sandals are known by different names around the world—flip-flops in North America, thongs in Australia, and jandals in New Zealand—so this emoji does real cultural translation work in global conversations.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:thong_sandal: :thong_sandal: :thong_sandal: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🩴 |
| HTML (hex) | 🩴 |
| CSS | \1FA74 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDE74 |
| Python | \U0001FA74 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDE74 |
| Perl | \x{1FA74} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1FA74} |
| Punycode | xn--2s1g |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A9%B4 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA9 0xB4 |
🩴 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | চটি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 夹趾凉鞋 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 人字拖 |
| Danish | klipklapper |
| Dutch | teenslipper |
| English | thong sandal |
| English (UK) | thong sandal |
| Estonian | varbavahesandaalid |
| Finnish | varvassandaali |
| French | tong |
| German | Zehensandale |
| Hindi | थॉन्ग सैंडल |
| Hungarian | tangapapucs |
| Italian | infradito |
| Japanese | ビーチサンダル |
| Korean | 가락신 |
| Lithuanian | sandalai su dirželiu |
| Malay | sandal tali kulit |
| Norwegian | flippflopp |
| Polish | japonka |
| Portuguese | chinelo |
| Russian | вьетнамки |
| Spanish | chancla |
| Spanish (Mexico) | chancla |
| Swedish | flip-flops |
| Thai | รองเท้าลำลอง |
| Ukrainian | в’єтнамки |
| Vietnamese | dép xỏ ngón |