Flag emoji Β· North America
π¨π· Costa Rica flag emoji
The π¨π· emoji shows the flag of Costa Rica. Click the copy button to paste it anywhere, then check below how it looks on different devices.
How the Costa Rica flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters CR instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Costa Rica flag emoji means
The π¨π· emoji shows the flag of Costa Rica: five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue, with the red band twice as wide. People use it for travel, ecotourism and the national motto Pura Vida. Independence Day on 15 September marks 1821, Guanacaste Annexation Day is 25 July, and 1 December commemorates the abolition of the army in 1948.
How to type the Costa Rica flag emoji
On iPhone, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Costa Rica" or "flag". On Android, use the emoji search in Gboard and type the country name. On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel.
Windows does not draw country flags, so it shows the letters CR instead of a flag. Copy the emoji from this page and paste it into Chrome, Discord, Telegram or a mobile app, and the flag will display there. The emoji is built from two regional indicator letters, C and R, which phones combine into the Costa Rica flag.
Popular combinations
- π¨π·π΄: rainforests and beaches
- π¨π·π¦₯: sloths and wildlife
- π¨π·β: Costa Rican coffee
- π¨π·π€: Pura Vida
Costa Rica flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1E8 U+1F1F7 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇨🇷 |
| CSS | \1F1E8\1F1F7 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf7 |
| Python | \U0001F1E8\U0001F1F7 |
| Shortcode | :flag_cr: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter C + regional indicator symbol letter R |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Costa Rica flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Costa Rica flag emoji show as CR on my computer?
Windows has no flag artwork for country emoji, so it displays the two regional indicator letters, CR. The emoji works as a flag on iPhone, Mac, Android and in most browsers and messaging apps.
Is there a Costa Rica flag emoji?
Yes. The Costa Rica flag emoji is π¨π·, part of the standard Unicode emoji set, and it is supported on most platforms.
How does the Costa Rica flag emoji differ from Thailand's?
Thailand πΉπ reverses the colours: red, white, blue, white, red. Costa Rica π¨π· has blue on the outside and red in the middle.
What emoji represents Costa Rica?
The flag π¨π· is the main one. People often add π΄ for beaches, π¦₯ for sloths, β for coffee or π€ for Pura Vida. For a costa rica emoji combo, put the flag first and one of these after it.
What is π¨π·?
It is the flag emoji of Costa Rica: two blue stripes, two white stripes and a central red stripe twice as wide as the others. It is built from the regional indicator letters C and R. The flag was adopted on 29 September 1848.
What do the colors of the Costa Rica flag mean?
They share the ideals of the 1848 French Revolution: freedom, equality and brotherhood. Blue means the sky and opportunity, white means peace and clear thinking, and red means the warmth of the people and the blood shed for freedom.