South Africa flag emoji 🇿🇦
🇿🇦 is the flag of South Africa, ISO code ZA. Copy it here.
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About the South Africa flag emoji
A green horizontal Y with a black triangle at the hoist, edged in gold and white, between red and blue bands — that is the South Africa flag as an emoji, 🇿🇦. The South Africa flag is built from the regional indicator letters Z and A, the two-letter code ZA, which fonts join into the single South Africa flag. Windows has no flag artwork, so there ZA appears as the letters Z A. South Africa (ZA) joined the flag set in Emoji 1.0 (2015); ZA renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy ZA from the card; the flag emoji hub groups South Africa with the other Africa flags, such as Algeria, listed beside South Africa.
Unicode name: flag: South Africa · U+1F1FF U+1F1E6 · Emoji 2.0 (2015) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: South Africa (ZA) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Sudáfrica style
- Travel: a trip to South Africa, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with ZA
- Language: ZA as shorthand for the language of South Africa in menus, captions and bios about South Africa
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for ZA, South Africa
- In other languages: Spanish Sudáfrica, French Afrique du Sud, German Südafrika
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: South AfricaU+1F1FF U+1F1E6 | ZA: the South Africa flag | ISO code ZA | |
| flag: AlgeriaU+1F1E9 U+1F1FF | Near South Africa: code DZ | Africa, like South Africa | |
| flag: LibyaU+1F1F1 U+1F1FE | Near South Africa: code LY | Africa, like South Africa | |
| flag: GambiaU+1F1EC U+1F1F2 | Near South Africa: code GM | Africa, like South Africa |
Questions people ask
What flag is 🇿🇦?
🇿🇦 is the flag of South Africa — a green horizontal Y with a black triangle at the hoist, edged in gold and white, between red and blue bands.
How do I type the South Africa flag emoji?
Search “South Africa” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_za: in Discord or Slack, or copy ZA from this page: it is the regional indicators Z and A.
Why does the South Africa flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the South Africa flag becomes the letters Z A there; every other major platform draws ZA.
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.
