Behold the lion with the sword—Sri Lanka’s flag emoji comes in roaring with a gold lion on a deep maroon field, framed by a golden border and four bo leaves, plus hoist-side green and orange stripes. On Apple/iOS it appears as a glossy, slightly waving rectangle; even at thumbnail size you can spot the lion’s raised sword, the four leaf dots in the corners, and the two slim stripes hugging the left. It’s one of those flags that stays dramatic when tiny—big icon energy, zero chill.
Online, people fly it for cricket hype, travel reels from Ella’s cliff-hugging trains and Mirissa beaches, Kandy festival snaps, and any flex about fragrant Ceylon tea or fire-breathing curries. Drop it with a lion emoji to signal “king mode,” or with a chili to say “spice level: national.” It reads as diaspora pride and an easy tag for foodie threads and island itineraries (#SriLanka, #LKA). Culturally, the lion nods to Sinhala heritage, the bo leaves echo Buddhism, and the green/orange stripes nod to the country’s diverse communities—heritage meets harmony. Also a favorite for cheeky “spill the tea (Ceylon, obviously)” jokes and celebratory posts during World Cups.
This flag represents the country of Sri Lanka.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1213 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 |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters LK Sri Lanka |
| 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) | 1f1f1, 1f1f0 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F1, U+1F1F0 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127473, 127472 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB1, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB0 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B1, F0 9F 87 B0 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 261, 360 237 207 260 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF1, 0xD83C 0xDDF0 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf1, d83cddf0 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56817, 55356 56816 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F1 0x0001F1F0 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F1, 01F1F0 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127473, 127472 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F1\U0001F1F0" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb1\xf0\x9f\x87\xb0" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF1\uD83C\uDDF0" |
