The flag: Qatar emoji plants a bold maroon field with a hoist-side white band cut into a nine-point zigzag—aka the instantly recognizable sawtooth that says Doha in a pixel. It’s the go-to when celebrating Qatari wins, hyping the 2022 World Cup host memories, or flexing a Hamad International layover that mysteriously turned into a mini vacation. People drop it in bios to rep home, in travel threads with “see you on the Corniche,” and in group chats any time someone mentions West Bay skyscrapers or a stop with Qatar Airways. You’ll also see it in Ramadan/Eid posts from the Gulf, or used cheekily in “gas money” wealth memes—context matters, but the vibe is unmistakable.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a clean rectangular flag: deep maroon on the fly side, bright white on the hoist, separated by nine sharp triangles biting into the maroon. The maroon is darker than Bahrain’s red, and the zigzag has more points—two instant telltales when your emoji eyesight is doing detective work. Styling is glossy-flat with crisp edges, no coat of arms, and a slightly wide feel that nods to Qatar’s famously long real-life flag ratio, even though the emoji itself stays compact.
In chats, this emoji doubles as shorthand for Doha news, Asian Cup upsets, Souq Waqif selfies, or “touching down then be right back” energy. It can read proud, celebratory, or playfully dramatic—like dropping it after securing an upgrade or posting that golden-hour skyline shot. Basically: one tiny maroon rectangle, big Gulf vibe.
This flag represents the country of Qatar.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1701 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 QA Qatar |
| 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) | 1f1f6, 1f1e6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F6, U+1F1E6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127478, 127462 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB6, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B6, F0 9F 87 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 266, 360 237 207 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF6, 0xD83C 0xDDE6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf6, d83cdde6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56822, 55356 56806 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F6 0x0001F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F6, 01F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127478, 127462 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F6\U0001F1E6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb6\xf0\x9f\x87\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF6\uD83C\uDDE6" |
