What does ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates Flag mean?
A vertical red band at the hoist sits beside three horizontal stripes of green, white and black, the Pan-Arab colours shared by many flags in the region. The emoji is everywhere on UAE National Day, 2 December, and in posts about Dubai and Abu Dhabi: skyline views, desert safaris, shopping trips, Formula 1 at Yas Marina and life as an expat in the Emirates.
Technically, ๐ฆ๐ช is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฆ ๐ช, which spell the region code AE. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters AE instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how United Arab Emirates Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the United Arab Emirates Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฆ๐ช 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-ae:.
When was the United Arab Emirates Flag emoji added?
๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (AE). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฆ๐ช flag.