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π¬π³ Guinea flag emoji
The Guinea flag emoji π¬π³ shows the national flag of Guinea on iPhone, Android and Mac. Tap the copy button above to paste it into any message or post.
How the Guinea flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters GN instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Guinea flag emoji means
The emoji shows Guinea's flag: red, yellow and green vertical stripes. It is used on Independence Day, 2 October, which marks Guinea's independence from France in 1958, and for Syli Nationale football fans and posts about Conakry.
How to type the Guinea flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Guinea" or "flag" to find π¬π³. On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and type the same word. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel, but Windows does not draw flag emojis, so you will see the letters GN instead of a flag. The emoji is made of two regional indicator letters, G and N, which phones and Macs combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- π¬π³β½ β The Syli Nationale
- π¬π³π₯ β Djembe drums and music
- π¬π³πΏ β Fouta Djallon highlands
- π¬π³βοΈ β Bauxite mining
Guinea flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1EC U+1F1F3 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇬🇳 |
| CSS | \1F1EC\1F1F3 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf3 |
| Python | \U0001F1EC\U0001F1F3 |
| Shortcode | :flag_gn: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter G + regional indicator symbol letter N |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Guinea flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Guinea flag emoji show as GN on my PC?
Windows does not include flag graphics in its emoji font. Your device sees the two letters G and N and shows them as text. The same emoji displays as a flag on iPhone, Android, Mac and most websites.
How do I get the Guinea flag emoji on Windows?
Copy π¬π³ from this page and paste it into an app that draws its own emoji, such as a browser version of Slack, Discord or X. In Notepad and some Windows apps it will still look like GN. Phones and Macs show it as a flag.
What other emojis look like the Guinea flag?
π²π± Mali has green, yellow and red, the reverse order. π¬π³ Guinea should not be mixed up with π³π¬ Nigeria, whose code is NG.
When was the Guinea flag adopted?
The red, yellow and green flag was adopted on 10 November 1958, when the country's first Constitution was published. Guinea became independent from France that year. The π¬π³ emoji shows the same vertical triband that is in use today, and it has used the Pan-African colors since then.
What do the colors of the Guinea flag mean?
According to SΓ©kou TourΓ©, the first president, red stands for the blood of anti-colonialist martyrs and the labor of working people, yellow for gold and the sun, and green for vegetation and natural resources. They match the national motto: Work, Justice, Solidarity.
Why do Guinea's colors match Ghana's?
Guinea uses the Pan-African colors red, yellow and green, partly as a nod to Ghana, which first adopted them in 1957. President SΓ©kou TourΓ© was a close associate of Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah. The vertical layout also resembles the French tricolour, as France was the former colonial power.