What does ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands Flag mean?
Three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue. Curiously, the national colour is orange, from the royal House of Orange, so the Dutch pair this flag with orange everything on Kingโs Day in late April and at football matches. It also labels Dutch in language apps and decorates posts about canals, tulips, windmills and cycling.
Technically, ๐ณ๐ฑ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ณ ๐ฑ, which spell the region code NL. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters NL instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Netherlands Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Netherlands Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ณ๐ฑ 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-nl:.
When was the Netherlands Flag emoji added?
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands 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 Netherlands Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (NL). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ณ๐ฑ flag.