The flag: Gambia emoji shows three horizontal bands with instant eye-candy contrast: red up top, a bold royal-blue center stripe edged by two skinny white lines, and green at the base. On Apple/iOS it appears as a glossy, gently rippling rectangle with saturated colors and crisp thin white separators—no flagpole, just a clean, slightly 3D flutter that makes the blue band pop. If you clock those tiny white borders around the blue, you’ve found The Gambia, no guesswork needed. It’s a standout among flags because that ultra-thin white fimbriation is basically its signature look.
People drop this emoji to rep Gambian pride, hype the “Smiling Coast of Africa,” or flex travel content from Banjul beaches and epic birdwatching along the River Gambia. It shows up beside rice bowls and peanuts when debating benachin (Gambian jollof) and domoda, and explodes on matchdays for the Scorpions at AFCON—expect flag waves plus fire emojis. In meme mode, it can signal “small but mighty” vibes or a cheeky Senegambia rivalry poke. You’ll also see it stacked with hearts, palm trees, drums, and wave emojis for diaspora love and coastal feels. Bonus nerd note: “GM” might read as “good morning,” but here it’s the country code—so context is everything. Cultural nods include Kunta Kinteh Island shout-outs and kora/griot music pride, often paired with travel vlogs and sunset reels.
The country of Gambia is represented by this emoji.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1905 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters GM Gambia |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇬🇲 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇬🇲 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇬 🇲 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇬 🇲 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1ec, 1f1f2 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EC, U+1F1F2 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127468, 127474 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AC, F0 9F 87 B2 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 254, 360 237 207 262 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEC, 0xD83C 0xDDF2 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddec, d83cddf2 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56812, 55356 56818 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EC 0x0001F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EC, 01F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127468, 127474 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EC\U0001F1F2" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xac\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDF2" |
