The flag: Gibraltar emoji flies the bold white-and-red banner with the unmistakable three-towered red castle and a gold key dangling from its gate. On Apple/iOS it shows as a clean, rectangular flag (no pole), crisp white field on top, a narrow red stripe along the bottom, and a bright crimson castle centered with a detailed chain holding a yellow key that drops into the red band—tiny, but instantly recognizable. It represents Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the mouth of the Mediterranean, and people drop it to shout out the Rock, travel pics, or support for local teams and events.
Online, it’s also meme-fuel: pair it with a 🗝️ for “key to the Med,” or with a 🪨 to brag you’re “rock-solid.” You’ll see it flexed in geo-nerd threads, Europe trip recaps, and those “I crossed an active runway to get to town” humblebrags (yep, that famous road–runway crossover). The castle-and-key design invites wordplay—used jokingly for gatekeeping takes, “unlocking” drama, or ironically when someone asks for the password like you’re guarding a fortress. It can even read a little flirty: “You’ve got the key to my heart,” but make it niche with Gibraltar flair.
Culturally, the icon nods to Gibraltar’s role as a historic fortress controlling the strait, while pop associations include Barbary macaque selfies and postcard sunsets from Europa Point. In chats, it signals identity, ancestry, or just “I’m in a tiny place with giant views,” and it stands out thanks to that shiny key swinging under the castle. Pro tip: this isn’t Spain’s flag—spot the red castle plus gold key and you’re golden.
This flag represents the country of Gibraltar.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1869 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 GI Gibraltar |
| 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, 1f1ee |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EC, U+1F1EE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127468, 127470 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AC, F0 9F 87 AE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 254, 360 237 207 256 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEC, 0xD83C 0xDDEE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddec, d83cddee |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56812, 55356 56814 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EC 0x0001F1EE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EC, 01F1EE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127468, 127470 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EC\U0001F1EE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xac\xf0\x9f\x87\xae" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDEE" |
