The flag of the United States shows stars and stripes. It is also known as the american flag emoji, USA flag emoji and US flag emoji. 🇺🇸 Flag: United States is an emoji from the Flags category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F1FA U+1F1F8 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🇺🇸 Flag: United States mean?
The flag of the United States shows stars and stripes. It is used for Independence Day (4 July), US sports, travel and American pride.
The 🇺🇸 Flag: United States emoji shows the national flag of United States. It is built from two regional indicator letters, US (the ISO country code), which phones and apps combine into a flag. People use it to show support for United States in sports matches, to mark national holidays, or to mention a trip to United States. Windows does not display country flags as images — it shows the two letters instead — but the flag appears correctly on iPhone, Android, Mac and most apps. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :us: to insert it.
Flag: United States emoji codes
| Emoji | 🇺🇸 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F1FA U+1F1F8 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🇺🇸 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🇺🇸 |
| CSS | \1F1FA\1F1F8 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F1FA}\u{1F1F8} |
| Python | \U0001F1FA\U0001F1F8 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%B8 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 87 BA F0 9F 87 B8 |
| Shortcode | :us: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :flag_united_states: |
How to type 🇺🇸 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “United States”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “United States”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “United States”.
- HTML: write
🇺🇸in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Flag: United States keywords
- US
- flag
Frequently asked questions
What does 🇺🇸 mean?
The flag of the United States shows stars and stripes. It is used for Independence Day (4 July), US sports, travel and American pride.
What is the 🇺🇸 emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Flag: United States, but people also call it the american flag emoji, USA flag emoji and US flag emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Flag: United States emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🇺🇸 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🇺🇸 Flag: United States added to Unicode?
Flag: United States was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Country Flags emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.