Cultural cue first: because the real flag carries the Islamic declaration of faith, it isn’t flown at half-mast—so the emoji often comes with a built-in note of respect even when the timeline is all caps and fireworks. The unmistakable visual tell is the left-pointing straight white sword beneath elegant white Arabic calligraphy—no other green flag pairs that combo. On Apple’s iOS it appears as a deep emerald, glossy, gently waving rectangle with crisp lettering and a clean, flat sword (blade left, hilt right) that instantly reads “Saudi.”
Functionally, this emoji drops a virtual pin on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—think national pride, heritage shout-outs, travel plans, and sports hype. It floods feeds during football moments (Green Falcons wins, AFC nights, the Ronaldo-to-Al-Nassr era), pops up for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and sneaks into eSports and boxing cards in Jeddah. People also use it to mark Riyadh or Jeddah trips, Diriyah nights, and “KSA time check” posts. Meme-wise, it can signal “Gulf vibes only,” flex Vision 2030 mega-project energy, or wink at desert heat and fuel-price chatter.
In emoji pairings, you’ll see it teamed with 🕋 for Hajj/Umrah updates, with 🌙 and 🍽️ to set Ramadan and Eid vibes, and with 💚 when the feed turns celebratory.
This flag represents the country of Saudi Arabia.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1124 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 SA Saudi Arabia |
| 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) | 1f1f8, 1f1e6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F8, U+1F1E6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127480, 127462 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B8, F0 9F 87 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 270, 360 237 207 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF8, 0xD83C 0xDDE6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf8, d83cdde6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56824, 55356 56806 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F8 0x0001F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F8, 01F1E6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127480, 127462 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F8\U0001F1E6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb8\xf0\x9f\x87\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDE6" |
