Red flag emoji
🚩 is the emoji for a warning sign in someone’s behaviour. Copy it here and see how the trend works.
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What the red flag emoji means
🚩 (triangular flag) became the red flag emoji in 2021, when a trend on Twitter paired short statements with a row of 🚩 to mark warning signs in a person: “I don’t like dogs 🚩🚩🚩”. It still means a warning sign in someone’s behaviour, a dating red flag, or a bad sign in any situation. Its literal meaning — a golf-style marker flag — is now rare. 🏁 is the chequered flag and 🏴 the black flag.
Unicode name: triangular flag · U+1F6A9 · Emoji 0.6 (original set) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- Dating: warning signs in a match
- Trends: rows of 🚩 after a quote
- Any warning sign: a company, a landlord, a plan
- Green flags: people invert it with 💚 or 🟢
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| triangular flagU+1F6A9 | A red flag: warning sign in a person or plan | Rarely literal | |
| warningU+26A0 U+FE0F | Caution | See the warning emoji guide | |
| chequered flagU+1F3C1 | Chequered flag; finish | Racing | |
| green circleU+1F7E2 | Green: a good sign | The opposite |
Chat examples
Real messages with 🚩, and a reply that fits.
he said he hates dogs 🚩
run
🚩🚩🚩
big ones
she replies in 0.2 seconds 🚩 or 💚?
green flag
Questions people ask
What does 🚩 mean?
A red flag — a warning sign about a person, a relationship or a situation. Multiple flags mean “huge warning”.
Is there a green flag emoji?
Not as a flag. People use 💚 or 🟢 for “green flag”.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
