Meaning
A plain black flag on a pole, shown waving. It commonly represents a flag in general when no specific national or organizational design is intended, and it can stand in for a generic or unknown flag. In conversation it often conveys themes of surrender, warning, or mourning, though these associations vary by context. It is also used for pirate or nautical imagery and, separately, for protest or anarchist symbolism, where the plain black banner is a recognized motif. Because several unrelated meanings attach to it, the intended sense usually depends on surrounding text.
Black flag — Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1F3F4black flagF0 9F 8F B4Shortcodes
:black_flag:HTML & CSS
🏴🏴\1F3F4 Languages
\u{1F3F4}\U0001F3F4\x{1F3F4}\u{1F3F4}Encodings
xn--fn8h%F0%9F%8F%B4Frequently asked
What does 🏴 black flag mean?
A plain black flag on a pole, shown waving. It commonly represents a flag in general when no specific national or organizational design is intended, and it can stand in for a generic or unknown flag. In conversation it often conveys themes of surrender, warning, or mourning, though these associations vary by context. It is also used for pirate or nautical imagery and, separately, for protest or anarchist symbolism, where the plain black banner is a recognized motif. Because several unrelated meanings attach to it, the intended sense usually depends on surrounding text.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🏴 black flag?
U+1F3F4 (Unicode 8.0, 2015) · :black_flag:
Which emojis are related to 🏴 black flag?
🏁 chequered flag, 🚩 triangular flag, 🎌 crossed flags, 🏳️ white flag, 🏳️🌈 rainbow flag, 🏳️⚧️ transgender flag, 🏴☠️ pirate flag