What does 🏴☠️ Pirate Flag mean?
The Jolly Roger: a white skull above crossed bones on a black field, the classic emblem of pirate ships. It shows up for pirate films, One Piece fandom, Halloween costumes and Talk Like a Pirate Day on 19 September. People also use it as a jokey symbol of rebellion or mischief, for taking charge of a situation, and sometimes as shorthand for pirated downloads.
🏴☠️ Pirate Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (special flags), added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. People use it in messages about Jolly, plunder, Roger and treasure.
Example messages
🏴☠️ Pirate Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Pirate Flag looks on each platform.
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Pirate Flag emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Pirate Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🏴☠️ 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 :pirate_flag:.
When was the Pirate Flag emoji added?
🏴☠️ Pirate Flag was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🏴☠️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Pirate Flag. The underlying code (U+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.