The British Virgin Islands flag emoji brings instant island-luxe energy: a deep navy Blue Ensign with the Union Jack in the top-left and the BVI coat of arms on the fly. On Apple devices, it’s a glossy, gently waving rectangle; you’ll spot a green shield showing a robed woman (Saint Ursula) holding a golden lamp, with more tiny gold lamps around her and a scroll that reads “Vigilate” when the pixels are kind. Think: blue sea, royal vibes, and a crest that whispers, be watchful… of happy hour.
Online, it’s the go-to for yacht-week brags, island-hopping itineraries, and “soft life” posts from Tortola, Virgin Gorda, or Anegada. People pair it with palm trees, sailboats, and cocktail emojis to signal beach-mode or to humblebrag about a catamaran charter. It also shows up in tongue-in-cheek “offshore company” memes, finance-bro banter, and dramatic tax-joke sarcasm. BVI residents and diaspora use it for pride, local events, and post-storm resilience updates. Drop it when you’re manifesting turquoise water, regatta season, or just flirting with the idea of WFH standing for Work From Hammock.
The country of British Virgin Islands is represented by this emoji.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1491 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 | |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters VG British Virgin Islands |
| 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) | 1f1fb, 1f1ec |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1FB, U+1F1EC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127483, 127468 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBB, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 BB, F0 9F 87 AC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 273, 360 237 207 254 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDFB, 0xD83C 0xDDEC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddfb, d83cddec |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56827, 55356 56812 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1FB 0x0001F1EC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1FB, 01F1EC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127483, 127468 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1FB\U0001F1EC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xbb\xf0\x9f\x87\xac" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDFB\uD83C\uDDEC" |
