The flag: Tonga emoji plants a bold red cross inside a white canton on a deep red field—clean, striking, and instantly recognizable. On Apple/iOS it appears as a crisp, slightly waving rectangle, white square up in the top-left with a thick red cross, glossy shading across the red background, usually without a pole so it looks like it’s mid-breeze on your screen. People drop this flag to rep the Polynesian kingdom, flex island roots, hype Tongan rugby (hello, sea of red), or celebrate family gatherings that escalate into legendary feasts. It also pops up in travel posts—think glassy blue water, whales in Vava’u, and captions that read “Malo e lelei” with extra sun emojis.
Culturally, it carries royal vibes—Tonga is a proud South Pacific monarchy—and serious sports energy, from ’Ikale Tahi (rugby union) to Mate Ma’a Tonga (rugby league). Meme brain will forever remember the Olympic flag bearer Pita Taufatofua, gleaming with coconut oil and national pride, which made this emoji trend every opening ceremony. In chats, it’s used to signal support, family-first energy, or to show up at the group text like a drumline when Tonga scores—boom, boom, boom, flag spam. There’s occasional funny confusion with the medical Red Cross, but nah, this is a whole country, not a first-aid kit. Use it sincerely for heritage, cheekily for sports banter, or dramatically when someone brings lu sipi or ’otai to the potluck and you’re ready to stan an entire cuisine.
This flag represents the country of Tonga.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1638 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 | |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters TO Tonga |
| 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) | 1f1f9, 1f1f4 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F9, U+1F1F4 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127481, 127476 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB9, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB4 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B9, F0 9F 87 B4 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 271, 360 237 207 264 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF9, 0xD83C 0xDDF4 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf9, d83cddf4 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56825, 55356 56820 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F9 0x0001F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F9, 01F1F4 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127481, 127476 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F9\U0001F1F4" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb9\xf0\x9f\x87\xb4" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF9\uD83C\uDDF4" |
