Pirate flag emoji 🏴☠️
🏴☠️ is the pirate flag: the Jolly Roger, a skull and crossbones on black. It is the pirate emoji — Talk Like a Pirate Day, One Piece and Pirates of the Caribbean…
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What the pirate flag 🏴☠️ emoji means
🏴☠️ is the pirate flag: the Jolly Roger, a skull and crossbones on black. It is the pirate emoji — Talk Like a Pirate Day, One Piece and Pirates of the Caribbean fandom, piracy jokes about downloads, raiders in games — and a general skull-and-danger mood. It is a sequence of 🏴 black flag and ☠️ skull and crossbones, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Crew: 🦜 parrot, ⚓ anchor, 🗡️ dagger on the sword guide, 🚢 ship; the bones ☠️ on the skull page; every flag on the flag emoji hub.
Unicode name: pirate flag · U+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- Pirates: costumes, films, anime
- Piracy jokes: downloads, streams
- Danger: skull mood
- Sports: teams nicknamed Pirates or Raiders
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| pirate flagU+1F3F4 U+200D U+2620 U+FE0F | Jolly Roger | |
| skull and crossbonesU+2620 U+FE0F | Danger | |
| parrotU+1F99C | Pirate’s parrot | |
| anchorU+2693 | Nautical | |
| black flagU+1F3F4 | Black flag |
Questions people ask
Is there a pirate emoji?
🏴☠️ pirate flag is the only one; 🦜 ⚓ 🗡️ complete the look.
Why does 🏴☠️ show as a black flag and a skull?
It is a joined sequence; phones older than 2018 cannot combine it.
What does 🏴☠️ mean from a guy?
Pirate fandom, a piracy joke, or a rebel mood.
Is there a pirate smiley face emoji?
There is no dedicated pirate smiley face emoji. The closest is 🏴☠️ pirate flag.
About this guide
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