# 🇬🇧 United Kingdom flag emoji

🇬🇧 United Kingdom flag is an emoji in the country flags set of Flags. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: GB.

- Emoji: 🇬🇧
- Unicode name: flag: United Kingdom
- Code points: U+1F1EC U+1F1E7
- Category: Flags, Country flags
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :gb:, :uk:
- Keywords: flag, GB
- Page: https://emojichart.com/united-kingdom-flag-emoji

## What it means

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

## What it's made of

🇬🇧 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. Regional indicator letter G (U+1F1EC)
2. Regional indicator letter B (U+1F1E7)

## How to type 🇬🇧

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | Bandera: Reino Unido | Bandera |
| Français (fr) | drapeau : Royaume-Uni | drapeau |
| Deutsch (de) | Flagge: Vereinigtes Königreich | Flagge |
| Italiano (it) | bandiera: Regno Unito | bandiera |
| Português (pt) | bandeira: Reino Unido | bandeira |
| Nederlands (nl) | vlag: Verenigd Koninkrijk | vlag |
| Svenska (sv) | flagga: Storbritannien | flagga |
| Polski (pl) | flaga: Wielka Brytania | flaga |
| Türkçe (tr) | bayrak: Birleşik Krallık | bayrak |
| Русский (ru) | флаг: Великобритания | флаг |
| Українська (uk) | прапор: Велика Британія | прапор |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σημαία: Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο | σημαία |
| العربية (ar) | علم: المملكة المتحدة | علم |
| עברית (he) | דגל: בריטניה | דגל |
| فارسی (fa) | پرچم: بریتانیا | پرچم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झंडा: यूनाइटेड किंगडम | झंडा |
| বাংলা (bn) | পতাকা: যুক্তরাজ্য | পতাকা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bendera: Inggris Raya | bendera |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cờ: Vương quốc Anh | cờ |
| ไทย (th) | ธง: สหราชอาณาจักร | ธง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 旗: イギリス | 旗 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 깃발: 영국 | 깃발 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 旗: 英国 | 旗 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 旗子：英國 | 旗子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlag: Verenigde Koninkryk
- Albanian (sq): flamur: Mbretëria e Bashkuar
- Amharic (am): ባንዲራ: ዩናይትድ ኪንግደም
- Armenian (hy): դրոշ․ Միացյալ Թագավորություն
- Assamese (as): পতাকা: সংযুক্ত ৰাজ্য
- Asturian (ast): bandera: Reinu Xuníu
- Azerbaijani (az): bayraq: Birləşmiş Krallıq
- Bashkir (ba): флаг: Бөйөк Британия
- Basque (eu): Bandera: Erresuma Batua
- Belarusian (be): Сцяг: Вялікабрытанія
- Bosnian (bs): zastava: Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
- Breton (br): banniel : Rouantelezh-Unanet
- Bulgarian (bg): Флаг: Обединеното кралство
- Burmese (my): အလံ − ယူနိုက်တက်ကင်းဒမ်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): drapeau : Royaume-Uni
- Cantonese (yue): 旗: 英國
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 旗: 英国
- Catalan (ca): bandera: Regne Unit
- Chakma (ccp): 𑄙𑄧𑄏: 𑄎𑄧𑄙𑄢𑄬𑄌𑄴𑄎𑄮
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏓᏗ: ᎩᎵᏏᏲ
- Chuvash (cv): ялав: Аслӑ Британи
- Croatian (hr): zastava: Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
- Czech (cs): vlajka: Spojené království
- Estonian (et): lipp: Ühendkuningriik
- Faroese (fo): Flagg: Stórabretland
- Filipino (fil): bandila: United Kingdom
- Finnish (fi): lippu: Iso-Britannia
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤼𞤵𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢𞤤: 𞤁𞤫𞤲𞤼𞤢𞤤 𞤐𞤺𞤫𞤯𞤵𞥅𞤪𞤭
- Galician (gl): bandeira: Reino Unido
- Georgian (ka): დროშა: გაერთიანებული სამეფო
- Gujarati (gu): ઝંડો: યુનાઇટેડ કિંગડમ
- Hausa (ha): tuta: Biritaniya
- Hungarian (hu): zászló: Egyesült Királyság
- Icelandic (is): fáni: Bretland
- Interlingua (ia): bandiera: Regno Unite
- Irish (ga): bratach: an Ríocht Aontaithe
- Javanese (jv): gendera: Britania Raya
- Kabyle (kab): anay: Tagelda Yedduklen
- Kannada (kn): ಧ್ವಜ: ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಕಿಂಗ್‌ಡಮ್
- Kazakh (kk): ту: Ұлыбритания
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۋ: ۇلىبريتانيا
- Khmer (km): ទីង់: ចក្រភព​អង់គ្លេស
- Konkani (kok): बावटो: युनायटेड किंगडम
- Kurdish (ku): ala: Qiralîyeta Yekbûyî
- Kyrgyz (ky): желек: Улуу Британия
- Lao (lo): ທຸງ: ສະຫະລາດຊະອະນາຈັກ
- Latvian (lv): karogs: Apvienotā Karaliste
- Ligurian (lij): bandea: Regno Unio
- Lithuanian (lt): vėliava: Jungtinė Karalystė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chórgoj: Zjadnośone kralejstwo
- Macedonian (mk): знаме: Обединето Кралство
- Malay (ms): bendera: United Kingdom
- Malayalam (ml): പതാക: യുണൈറ്റഡ് കിംഗ്ഡം
- Marathi (mr): ध्वज: युनायटेड किंगडम
- Mongolian (mn): туг: Их Британи
- Māori (mi): haki: Te Hononga o Piritene
- Nepali (ne): झण्डा: संयुक्त अधिराज्य
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Flag: Yunáítẹ́d Kíndọm
- Norwegian (no): flagg: Storbritannia
- Occitan (oc): bandièra: Reiaume Unit
- Odia (or): ପତାକା: ଯୁକ୍ତରାଜ୍ୟ
- Pashto (ps): بيرغ: برتانیه
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੰਡਾ: ਯੂਨਾਈਟਡ ਕਿੰਗਡਮ
- Romanian (ro): steag: Regatul Unit
- Romansh (rm): bandiera: Reginavel Unì
- Santali (sat): ᱪᱤᱨ: ᱭᱩᱱᱤᱭᱴᱮᱰ ᱠᱤᱝᱰᱚᱢ
- Sardinian (sc): bandera: Regnu Unidu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bratach: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte
- Serbian (sr): застава: Уједињено Краљевство
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zastava: Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
- Shan (shn): ၸွမ်ပိဝ်: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ်ႁေႃၶမ်း ပရိတ်ႈတဵၼ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جهنڊو: برطانيہ
- Sinhala (si): කොඩිය: එක්සත් රාජධානිය
- Slovak (sk): zástava: Spojené kráľovstvo
- Slovenian (sl): zastava: Združeno kraljestvo
- Somali (so): calan: Boqortooyada Midowday
- Swahili (sw): bendera: Ufalme wa Muungano
- Tamil (ta): கொடி: யுனைடெட் கிங்டம்
- Telugu (te): పతాకం: యునైటెడ్ కింగ్‌డమ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ባንዴራ፦ ብሪጣንያ
- Tongan (to): fuka: Pilitānia
- Turkmen (tk): baýdak: Birleşen Patyşalyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): chorhojčka: Zjednoćene kralestwo
- Urdu (ur): پرچم: برطانیہ
- Uzbek (uz): bayroq: Buyuk Britaniya
- Welsh (cy): baner: Y Deyrnas Unedig
- Yoruba (yo): filaagi: Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): filaagi: Gɛ̀ɛ́sì
- Zulu (zu): ifulegi: i-United Kingdom

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F1EC U+1F1E7` |
| HTML | `🇬🇧` |
| CSS | `\1F1EC\1F1E7` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F1EC}\u{1F1E7}` |
| Python | `\U0001F1EC\U0001F1E7` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 87 AC F0 9F 87 A7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DDEC D83C DDE7` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7` |

## Questions

### What does the 🇬🇧 United Kingdom flag emoji mean?

The flag of the United Kingdom. People use it to stand for the United Kingdom 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 “United Kingdom”. 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 :gb:.

### When was the 🇬🇧 emoji added?

🇬🇧 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🇬🇧?

U+1F1EC U+1F1E7. In HTML you can write 🇬🇧, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F1EC}\u{1F1E7}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/united-kingdom-flag-emoji