This tiny-but-mighty flag plants a palm right in your DMs: it represents the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory floating in the Indian Ocean. On Apple’s version, you’ll see a bright emerald-green banner with a golden palm tree inside a coin-like yellow circle at the top-left, a slim gold crescent moon toward the middle, and the Southern Cross cluster of yellow stars twinkling at the right. It waves with Apple’s soft glossy shading, so even the little palm silhouette and star points feel crisp and beachy.
People drop this flag when they’re manifesting tropical escape energy, joking about “moving to a remote island,” or announcing they’re on island time forever. It pairs beautifully with 🥥🌴🏝️ to say BRB, ditching responsibilities for coconuts and sunsets, and shows up in meltdown memes as the ultimate “I quit, find me here” destination. Tech and domain nerds sometimes use it as a cheeky nod to the .cc web domain. Travel posts, sailing logs, and dive-brag captions also love this green-and-gold mood board.
Name-wise, “Cocos” = coconuts, and the flag really leans into that with the palm icon, while the crescent is often read as a nod to the local Muslim heritage, and the Southern Cross links it back to Australia. It’s a niche flag with big vacation vibes, equally good for sincere wanderlust or ironic “catch me if you can” energy. Use it when your soul says hammock, your inbox says chaos, and your heart chooses coconuts.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1788 of 2393 |
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| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
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| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Flag of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - 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) | 1f1e8, 1f1e8 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1E8, U+1F1E8 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127464, 127464 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 A8, F0 9F 87 A8 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 250, 360 237 207 250 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDE8, 0xD83C 0xDDE8 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdde8, d83cdde8 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56808, 55356 56808 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1E8 0x0001F1E8 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1E8, 01F1E8 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127464, 127464 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1E8\U0001F1E8" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xa8\xf0\x9f\x87\xa8" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDE8" |
