Flag emoji cover both generic flags and every national flag. The generic set includes 🏁 Chequered (finish line), 🚩 Red Triangular (warning / "red flag"), and 🏳 White (surrender). Country flags like 🇺🇸 and 🇬🇧 are built from two regional-indicator letters. Copy any key below, support varies slightly by device, so preview first.
01 Every emoji in this set
| Emoji | Code point | |
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| Chequered Flag | U+1F3C1 · 🏁 |
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| Triangular Flag | U+1F6A9 · 🚩 |
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| Crossed Flags | U+1F38C · 🎌 |
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| Black Flag | U+1F3F4 · 🏴 |
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| White Flag | U+1F3F3 · 🏳 |
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| Flag: United States | U+1F1FA U+1F1F8 · 🇺🇸 |
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| Flag: United Kingdom | U+1F1EC U+1F1E7 · 🇬🇧 |
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| Pirate Flag | U+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F · 🏴☠️ |
02 Step by step, per platform
A real, followable procedure for every platform, not a thin restatement of the shortcut.
iPhone (iOS)
- Open the keyboard in any app and tap the emoji (smiley) or 🌐 globe key.
- Tap the Flags category, or tap the search field and type flag.
- Tap the emoji to drop it straight into your message.
Android
- Tap the emoji (smiley) icon next to the space bar on the keyboard.
- Use the search and type flag, or open the Flags tab.
- Tap the emoji to insert it at the cursor.
Windows
- Place your cursor where the emoji should go.
- Press Windows key + . (period) to open the emoji panel.
- Type flag to filter, then click the emoji.
Mac
- Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
- Type flag in the search box.
- Double-click the emoji to insert it at your cursor.
03 FAQ
Why do some country flags show as two letters?
A country flag is a pair of regional-indicator letters (🇺🇸 = U+1F1FA U+1F1F8). If a device or app doesn't support that flag, it falls back to showing the two letters instead of the flag image.
What does the 🚩 red flag emoji mean?
Literally a warning or golf marker, but online it almost always means a metaphorical "red flag", a warning sign about a person or situation.
Why don't some flags appear on Windows?
Windows historically renders country flags as two letters rather than flag images. The emoji is valid and copies correctly; it just displays differently there than on iPhone, Android and Mac.