What does ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain Flag mean?
A white band at the hoist meets a red field along a zigzag of five white points, which stand for the Five Pillars of Islam. Bahrainis share it on National Day, 16 December, and the island kingdomโs flag is a fixture of Formula 1 posts whenever the Bahrain Grand Prix lights up the Sakhir circuit under floodlights.
Technically, ๐ง๐ญ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ง ๐ญ, which spell the region code BH. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters BH instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ง๐ญ Bahrain Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ง๐ญ Bahrain Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bahrain Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Bahrain Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง๐ญ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-bh:.
When was the Bahrain Flag emoji added?
๐ง๐ญ Bahrain Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Bahrain Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (BH). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ง๐ญ flag.