What does ๐ฌ๐ท Greece Flag mean?
Nine horizontal stripes of blue and white with a white cross on a blue canton. The stripes are often said to match the syllables of the freedom motto โEleftheria i thanatosโ. Greeks wave it on Independence Day, 25 March, and Ochi Day, 28 October, and travellers fill feeds with it from Santorini sunsets, island ferries, ancient ruins and seaside tavernas.
Technically, ๐ฌ๐ท is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฌ ๐ท, which spell the region code GR. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters GR instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Greece Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Greece Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฌ๐ท 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-gr:.
When was the Greece Flag emoji added?
๐ฌ๐ท Greece 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 Greece Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (GR). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฌ๐ท flag.