United Kingdom flag emoji 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 is the flag of United Kingdom, ISO code GB. Copy it here.
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About the United Kingdom flag emoji
The Union Jack, combining the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick — that is the United Kingdom flag as an emoji, 🇬🇧. The United Kingdom flag is built from the regional indicator letters G and B, the two-letter code GB, which fonts join into the single United Kingdom flag. Windows has no flag artwork, so there GB appears as the letters G B. United Kingdom was one of the ten original flag emoji (2010); GB renders on every major platform except Windows. Copy GB from the card; the flag emoji hub groups United Kingdom with the other Europe flags, such as San Marino, listed beside United Kingdom.
Unicode name: flag: United Kingdom · U+1F1EC U+1F1E7 · Emoji 0.6 (original set) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: United Kingdom (GB) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Britain style
- Travel: a trip to United Kingdom, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with GB
- Language: GB as shorthand for the language of United Kingdom in menus, captions and bios about United Kingdom
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for GB, United Kingdom
- In other languages: Spanish Reino Unido, French Royaume-Uni, German Vereinigtes Königreich
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: United KingdomU+1F1EC U+1F1E7 | GB: the United Kingdom flag | ISO code GB | |
| flag: San MarinoU+1F1F8 U+1F1F2 | Near United Kingdom: code SM | Europe, like United Kingdom | |
| flag: MaltaU+1F1F2 U+1F1F9 | Near United Kingdom: code MT | Europe, like United Kingdom | |
| flag: Isle of ManU+1F1EE U+1F1F2 | Near United Kingdom: code IM | Europe, like United Kingdom |
UK flag emoji, British flag emoji or Union Jack?
People call this emoji the UK flag emoji or the British flag emoji, and both point to 🇬🇧, the Union Jack. The United Kingdom is made up of four nations, and the Union Jack is the national flag used across them. When someone says “British flag emoji”, they mean this design, even though the flag represents the whole of the UK, not just Great Britain. The emoji shows the Union Jack, the same design used on the real flag. You can copy the emoji from the top of this page if you need it.
Questions people ask
What flag is 🇬🇧?
🇬🇧 is the flag of United Kingdom — the Union Jack, combining the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick.
How do I type the United Kingdom flag emoji?
Search “United Kingdom” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_gb: in Discord or Slack, or copy GB from this page: it is the regional indicators G and B.
Why does the United Kingdom flag show as letters?
Windows has never shipped flag images, so the United Kingdom flag becomes the letters G B there; every other major platform draws GB.
Is there a Northern Ireland flag emoji?
There is no official emoji for the Northern Ireland flag. Northern Ireland uses the Union Jack as its official flag, so 🇬🇧 is the closest widely available option in emoji form. Some people also use the Ulster Banner, but that has no emoji.
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.
