The flag: Laos emoji shows a horizontal red–blue–red tricolor with a bright white disc centered in the deep blue band. On Apple/iOS it appears as a gently waving cloth on a silver pole, with saturated colors and a clean, perfectly round moon-like circle you can spot at thumbnail size. People drop it for Lao pride, to shout out Vientiane or Luang Prabang trips, or to caption waterfall spam from Kuang Si and sunset shots over the Mekong. Foodies pair it with sticky rice, laap/larb, and Lao iced coffee posts—instant "I’m eating good" energy.
You’ll also see it in bios for diaspora identity, SEA Games hype, ASEAN chatter, and backpacker routes through Southeast Asia. The white disc isn’t just a dot; it’s the full moon/unity symbol often linked with the Mekong, while blue nods to prosperity and red honors those who fought for independence. Historically, this design has been used since 1975, making it one of the few Southeast Asian flags with a bold central circle instead of a star or crest. Meme-wise, people joke it’s "Japan at night mode" or a minimalist moon logo—cute, but the Lao story runs deeper. It also pops up in time-zone or event posts (GMT+7) and, yes, the occasional "LA ≠ Laos" clarification when someone’s geotagging fast and loose. Use it to celebrate Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year), to rep your roots, or as a clean, sleek flag flex that stands out in a wall of rectangles.
The country of Laos is represented by this flag.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1790 of 2393 |
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| 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 LA Laos |
| 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, 1f1e6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F1, U+1F1E6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127473, 127462 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB1, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B1, F0 9F 87 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 261, 360 237 207 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF1, 0xD83C 0xDDE6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf1, d83cdde6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56817, 55356 56806 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F1 0x0001F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F1, 01F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127473, 127462 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F1\U0001F1E6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb1\xf0\x9f\x87\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF1\uD83C\uDDE6" |
