What does ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa Flag mean?
A red field with a blue canton holding the five white stars of the Southern Cross. Samoans celebrate Independence Day on 1 June, and the flag comes out in force for Manu Samoa rugby and Toa Samoa rugby league, fire knife dancing and island holidays, often with a warm โTalofa lavaโ.
Technically, ๐ผ๐ธ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ผ ๐ธ, which spell the region code WS. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters WS instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ผ๐ธ Samoa Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ผ๐ธ Samoa Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Samoa Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Samoa Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ผ๐ธ 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-ws:.
When was the Samoa Flag emoji added?
๐ผ๐ธ Samoa 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 Samoa Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (WS). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ผ๐ธ flag.