This emerald-green banner reps Macao (aka Macau), the glitzy-meets-historic Special Administrative Region of China where lotus calm meets casino chaos. It’s the go-to when you’re posting about Cotai Strip resorts, pastel de nata runs, the Ruins of St. Paul, or that one friend who swears they’re “feeling lucky” at 2 a.m. Online, it can signal travel flexes, poker-night bravado, or a cheeky “Vegas of the East” vibe with a sprinkle of main-character energy. Expect it to pop up with slot machines, dice, and money-mouth faces when jackpots (real or delusional) enter the chat.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a smooth, waving green rectangle with a crisp white lotus centered above a stylized bridge and three water ripples, crowned by five gold stars in an arc (one big, four small)—a design that screams “iconic Macao” at first glance. The lotus looks clean and symmetrical, the bridge is minimalist, and the slightly shaded folds make it feel like a tiny flag caught in a soft breeze. No text, no pole, just pure teal-green serenity meeting golden sparkle.
People also drop this flag for culture mashup moments—Portuguese-meets-Cantonese cuisine, the Macau Grand Prix thrills, or that sudden urge to day-trip from Hong Kong or Zhuhai. Used sarcastically, it says “brb, retiring off blackjack profits,” while earnestly it marks hometown pride, travel diaries, and foodie pilgrimages. It’s equally at home in esports streams, wanderlust threads, and “I came for the baccarat, stayed for the egg tarts” memes.
This flag represents the country of Macau SAR China.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1496 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 MO Macau SAR China |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
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| 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) | 1f1f2, 1f1f4 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F2, U+1F1F4 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127474, 127476 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB4 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B2, F0 9F 87 B4 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 262, 360 237 207 264 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF2, 0xD83C 0xDDF4 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf2, d83cddf4 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56818, 55356 56820 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F2 0x0001F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F2, 01F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127474, 127476 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F2\U0001F1F4" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2\xf0\x9f\x87\xb4" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDF4" |
