What does ๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China Flag mean?
A green field with a white lotus flower above a bridge and water, under an arc of five gold stars. Once administered by Portugal, Macao is now a special administrative region of China, and the emoji appears in posts about its casinos, Portuguese egg tarts, the Ruins of St Paulโs and the Macau Grand Prix.
Technically, ๐ฒ๐ด is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฒ ๐ด, which spell the region code MO. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters MO instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Macao SAR China Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Macao SAR China Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฒ๐ด 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-mo:.
When was the Macao SAR China Flag emoji added?
๐ฒ๐ด Macao SAR China 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 Macao SAR China Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (MO). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฒ๐ด flag.