🇿🇦U+1F1FF U+1F1E6

South Africa flag emoji

The flag of South Africa. People use it to stand for South Africa in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

Unicode name: flag: South Africa
Category: Flags, Country flags
Added: Emoji 2.0 in 2015
Code points: U+1F1FF U+1F1E6
Shortcode: :south_africa:
Keywords: flag, ZA

How it looks

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What it's made of

🇿🇦 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

Regional indicator letter ZU+1F1FF
Regional indicator letter AU+1F1E6

How to type 🇿🇦

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “South Africa”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “South Africa”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “South Africa”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “South Africa”.
GitHub: Type :south_africa: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	Bandera: Sudáfrica	Bandera
Français	drapeau : Afrique du Sud	drapeau
Deutsch	Flagge: Südafrika	Flagge
Italiano	bandiera: Sudafrica	bandiera
Português	bandeira: África do Sul	bandeira
Nederlands	vlag: Zuid-Afrika	vlag
Svenska	flagga: Sydafrika	flagga
Polski	flaga: Republika Południowej Afryki	flaga
Türkçe	bayrak: Güney Afrika	bayrak
Русский	флаг: Южно-Африканская Республика	флаг
Українська	прапор: Південно-Африканська Республіка	прапор
Ελληνικά	σημαία: Νότια Αφρική	σημαία
العربية	علم: جنوب أفريقيا	علم
עברית	דגל: דרום אפריקה	דגל
فارسی	پرچم: افریقای جنوبی	پرچم
हिन्दी	झंडा: दक्षिण अफ़्रीका	झंडा
বাংলা	পতাকা: দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা	পতাকা
Bahasa Indonesia	bendera: Afrika Selatan	bendera
Tiếng Việt	cờ: Nam Phi	cờ
ไทย	ธง: แอฟริกาใต้	ธง
日本語	旗: 南アフリカ	旗
한국어	깃발: 남아프리카	깃발
中文（简体）	旗: 南非	旗
中文（繁體）	旗子：南非	旗子

Names in 88 more languages

Afrikaans	vlag: Suid-Afrika
Albanian	flamur: Afrika e Jugut
Amharic	ባንዲራ: ደቡብ አፍሪካ
Armenian	դրոշ․ Հարավաֆրիկյան Հանրապետություն
Assamese	পতাকা: দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা
Asturian	bandera: Sudáfrica
Azerbaijani	bayraq: Cənub Afrika
Bashkir	флаг: Көньяҡ Африка Республикаһы
Basque	Bandera: Hegoafrika
Belarusian	Сцяг: Паўднёва-Афрыканская Рэспубліка
Bosnian	zastava: Južnoafrička Republika
Breton	banniel : Suafrika
Bulgarian	Флаг: Южна Африка
Burmese	အလံ − တောင်အာဖရိက
Canadian French	drapeau : Afrique du Sud
Cantonese	旗: 南非
Catalan	bandera: Sud-àfrica
Chakma	𑄙𑄧𑄏: 𑄘𑄧𑄉𑄨𑄚𑄴 𑄃𑄜𑄳𑄢𑄨𑄇
Cherokee	ᎦᏓᏗ: ᏧᎦᎾᏮ ᎬᎿᎨᏍᏛ
Chuvash	ялав: Кӑнтӑр Африка Республики
Croatian	zastava: Južnoafrička Republika
Czech	vlajka: Jihoafrická republika
Estonian	lipp: Lõuna-Aafrika Vabariik
Faroese	Flagg: Suðurafrika
Filipino	bandila: South Africa
Finnish	lippu: Etelä-Afrikka
Fula (Adlam)	𞤼𞤵𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢𞤤: 𞤀𞤬𞤪𞤭𞤳𞤢 𞤂𞤫𞤧𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤪𞤭
Galician	bandeira: Suráfrica
Georgian	დროშა: სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა
Gujarati	ઝંડો: દક્ષિણ આફ્રિકા
Hausa	tuta: Afirka Ta Kudu
Hungarian	zászló: Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
Icelandic	fáni: Suður-Afríka
Interlingua	bandiera: Africa del Sud
Irish	bratach: an Afraic Theas
Javanese	gendera: Afrika Kidul
Kabyle	anay: Tafriqt Wadda
Kannada	ಧ್ವಜ: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ
Kazakh	ту: Оңтүстік Африка
Kazakh (Arabic)	تۋ: وڭتۇستىك افريكا
Khmer	ទីង់: អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង
Konkani	बावटो: दक्षिण आफ्रिका
Kurdish	ala: Afrîkaya Başûr
Kyrgyz	желек: Түштүк-Африка Республикасы
Lao	ທຸງ: ອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້
Latvian	karogs: Dienvidāfrikas Republika
Ligurian	bandea: Sudafrica
Lithuanian	vėliava: Pietų Afrika
Lower Sorbian	chórgoj: Pódpołdnjowa Afrika (Republika)
Macedonian	знаме: Јужноафриканска Република
Malay	bendera: Afrika Selatan
Malayalam	പതാക: ദക്ഷിണാഫ്രിക്ക
Marathi	ध्वज: दक्षिण आफ्रिका
Mongolian	туг: Өмнөд Африк
Māori	haki: Āwherika ki te Tonga
Nepali	झण्डा: दक्षिण अफ्रिका
Nigerian Pidgin	Flag: Saút Áfríka
Norwegian	flagg: Sør-Afrika
Occitan	bandièra: Africa del Sud
Odia	ପତାକା: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଆଫ୍ରିକା
Pashto	بيرغ: سویلي افریقا
Punjabi	ਝੰਡਾ: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ
Romanian	steag: Africa de Sud
Romansh	bandiera: Africa dal Sid
Santali	ᱪᱤᱨ: ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ
Sardinian	bandera: Sudàfrica
Scottish Gaelic	bratach: Afraga a Deas
Serbian	застава: Јужноафричка Република
Serbian (Latin)	zastava: Južnoafrička Republika
Shan	ၸွမ်ပိဝ်: ဢႃႇၾရိၵၸၢၼ်း
Sindhi	جهنڊو: ڏکڻ آفريقا
Sinhala	කොඩිය: දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව
Slovak	zástava: Južná Afrika
Slovenian	zastava: Južnoafriška republika
Somali	calan: Koonfur Afrika
Swahili	bendera: Afrika Kusini
Tamil	கொடி: தென் ஆப்பிரிக்கா
Telugu	పతాకం: దక్షిణ ఆఫ్రికా
Tigrinya	ባንዴራ፦ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ
Tongan	fuka: ʻAfilika tonga
Turkmen	baýdak: Günorta Afrika
Upper Sorbian	chorhojčka: Južna Afrika (Republika)
Urdu	پرچم: جنوبی افریقہ
Uzbek	bayroq: Janubiy Afrika Respublikasi
Welsh	baner: De Affrica
Yoruba	filaagi: Gúúṣù Áfíríkà
Yoruba (Benin)	filaagi: Gúúshù Áfíríkà
Zulu	ifulegi: iNingizimu Afrika

Codes

Code points: U+1F1FF U+1F1E6
HTML: 🇿🇦
CSS: \1F1FF\1F1E6
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F1FF}\u{1F1E6}
Python: \U0001F1FF\U0001F1E6
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 87 BF F0 9F 87 A6
UTF-16: D83C DDFF D83C DDE6
URL encoded: %F0%9F%87%BF%F0%9F%87%A6

Questions

What does the 🇿🇦 South Africa flag emoji mean?

The flag of South Africa. People use it to stand for South Africa in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

How do I type the 🇿🇦 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “South Africa”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :south_africa:.

When was the 🇿🇦 emoji added?

🇿🇦 was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🇿🇦?

U+1F1FF U+1F1E6. In HTML you can write 🇿🇦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F1FF}\u{1F1E6}.