Although they are not used that often, flag emojis cover the largest category in the current text icons approved by Unicode Consortium. More than 200 out of 3,600 emojis are flag icons.

The new emoji are likely to arrive on smartphones next year after Unicode, the international consortium that set their global standards, proposed the 51 icons. It will take the total number of the ...

Every year, anyone can submit an emoji proposal to the Unicode Consortium, which reviews them and decides which ones will be added to the list. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.