Wales flag emoji 🏴
🏴 is the flag of Wales, ISO code GB-WLS. Copy it here.
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About the Wales flag emoji
Flag of Wales, a red dragon on white over green; a tag sequence based on the black flag. The emoji is 🏴. The Wales flag is a tag sequence, GB-WLS: hidden tag characters after the black flag 🏴 spell out GB-WLS. iOS, Android, WhatsApp and most apps show Wales; Windows and some older systems show a plain black flag for GB-WLS. Windows shows 🏴 for Wales. Wales was added in Emoji 5.0, later than the main set; GB-WLS renders on every current platform except Windows. Copy GB-WLS from the card; the flag emoji hub groups Wales with the other Europe flags, such as Faroe Islands, listed beside Wales.
Unicode name: flag: Wales · U+1F3F4 U+E0067 U+E0062 U+E0077 U+E006C U+E0073 U+E007F · Emoji 5.0 (2017) · group: Flags.
How people use it
- National pride: Wales (GB-WLS) next to a name, a result or a holiday post, Welsh style
- Travel: a trip to Wales, a photo location, or a “from → to” bio with GB-WLS
- Language: GB-WLS as shorthand for the language of Wales in menus, captions and bios about Wales
- Sport: team line-ups, match threads and medal tables for GB-WLS, Wales
- In other languages: Spanish Gales, French Pays de Galles, German Wales
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| flag: WalesU+1F3F4 U+E0067 U+E0062 U+E0077 U+E006C U+E0073 U+E007F | GB-WLS: the Wales flag | ISO code GB-WLS | |
| flag: Faroe IslandsU+1F1EB U+1F1F4 | Near Wales: code FO | Europe, like Wales | |
| flag: GermanyU+1F1E9 U+1F1EA | Near Wales: code DE | Europe, like Wales | |
| flag: CroatiaU+1F1ED U+1F1F7 | Near Wales: code HR | Europe, like Wales |
Questions people ask
What flag is 🏴?
🏴 is the flag of Wales — a red dragon on white over green; a tag sequence based on the black flag.
How do I type the Wales flag emoji?
Search “Wales” in the emoji keyboard’s Flags section, type :flag_gb_wls: in Discord or Slack, or copy GB-WLS from this page: it is a tag sequence for GB-WLS.
Why does the Wales flag show as letters?
Subdivision flags like Wales’s are tag sequences; Windows and some older systems cannot draw GB-WLS, so they show a plain black flag.
About this guide
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