Black flag emoji 🏴
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F3F4
What 🏴 means
Black flag 🏴 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: black, flag, waving.
Those words also drive emoji search: try black or flag on your phone to find 🏴.
On the emoji keyboard, 🏴 sits with the flags (8 emoji) inside flags, which has 270 emoji, for example 🏳️ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏴☠️.
Will 🏴 show on my friend's phone?
Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), 🏴 is old enough that all current phones, computers and apps show it.
How to type 🏴
To find 🏴 quickly, type black flag into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type black flag.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type black flag in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type black flag.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees 🏴 as one code point, U+1F3F4: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F3F4 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🏴 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🏴 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F3F4"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F3F4} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8F%B4 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8F B4 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🏴 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | black flag |
| Português | bandeira preta |
| Español | bandera negra |
| Italiano | bandiera nera |
| Français | drapeau noir |
| Deutsch | schwarze Flagge |
| Türkçe | siyah bayrak |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bendera hitam |
| Polski | czarna flaga |
| Русский | чёрный флаг |
| 日本語 | 黒旗 |
| 한국어 | 펄럭이는 검은색 깃발 |
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All flags emoji →Questions people ask
What does the black flag emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🏴 "black flag" and links it with black, flag, waving. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the flags subgroup of flags.
When was the black flag emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the black flag emoji?
To find 🏴 quickly, type black flag into the emoji search.