The flag: Eswatini emoji shows off a bold red center band framed by slim yellow stripes and deep blue top and bottom bars—right in the middle sits the instantly recognizable black-and-white Nguni shield with two spears and a feather-tasseled staff crossing behind it. It’s a tiny but mighty nod to Eswatini’s Swazi heritage, with the shield-and-spears motif radiating "protected, proud, and stylish" energy. Fun bit of context: the country adopted the name Eswatini in 2018 (formerly Swaziland), so this flag often pops up in posts that are half geography flex, half gentle correction. Expect it in travel pics from Mbabane or Hlane National Park, sports hype for qualifiers, and diaspora pride threads.
On the internet, people drop this flag to say "repping Eswatini," to celebrate cultural moments like the Umhlanga Reed Dance, or to add a shield-flavored flourish to victory posts—because, yes, the emblem literally looks like it’s tanking damage in an RPG. You’ll also see it used cheekily when someone says "Swaziland" and gets the swift "It’s Eswatini now, bestie" reply, flag included.
On Apple/iOS, the flag appears as a crisp, flat rectangle with rounded corners, saturated blues and reds, and a clean central emblem: a black-and-white oval shield with crossed spears and a decorative staff you can still make out even at emoji scale. No pole, slight gloss vibe, and the contrasty shield makes it one of those flags you can spot at a glance while doomscrolling.
This flag represents the country of Swaziland.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1627 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 SZ Swaziland |
| 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, 1f1ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F8, U+1F1FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127480, 127487 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B8, F0 9F 87 BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 270, 360 237 207 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF8, 0xD83C 0xDDFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf8, d83cddff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56824, 55356 56831 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F8 0x0001F1FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F8, 01F1FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127480, 127487 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F8\U0001F1FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb8\xf0\x9f\x87\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDFF" |
