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๐ธ๐ญ Saint Helena flag emoji
The Saint Helena flag emoji ๐ธ๐ญ is the two-letter flag sequence for SH. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the Saint Helena flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters SH instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Saint Helena flag emoji means
Saint Helena is a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, best known as the island where Napoleon was exiled in 1815 and died in 1821. The flag is a blue ensign with a shield showing a ship, the coast and a wirebird. The island was first sighted in May 1502, and 21 May is a public holiday there honoring Saint Helena's feast day. The island is also known for its coffee. The code SH is just Saint Helena, while Ascension and Tristan da Cunha have their own emojis.
Fewer than 6,000 people live on the island, so the emoji is rarely used outside history and travel posts.
How to type the Saint Helena flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Saint Helena" or "flag". On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel. Note that Windows shows the two letters SH instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, S and H, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- ๐ธ๐ญ๐ for Napoleon's exile
- ๐ธ๐ญโ for Saint Helena coffee
- ๐ธ๐ญ๐ข for the long voyage by sea
- ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ง for the British territory
Saint Helena flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F8 U+1F1ED |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇸🇭 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1ED |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udded |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1ED |
| Shortcode | :flag_sh: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter S + regional indicator symbol letter H |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Saint Helena flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Saint Helena flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so ๐ธ๐ญ appears as the letters SH. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the Saint Helena flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as SH in apps that use Windows fonts, but other people on iPhone or Android will see the flag. Some apps, such as Discord, draw their own flag images.
Does the Saint Helena emoji cover Ascension and Tristan da Cunha?
No. Ascension has ๐ฆ๐จ and Tristan da Cunha has ๐น๐ฆ. ๐ธ๐ญ is for Saint Helena itself.
What does the Saint Helena flag emoji show?
๐ธ๐ญ shows the Blue Ensign of Saint Helena, with the territory's shield on the right: a three-masted sailing ship, the rocky coast and a bird on a yellow field. The flag was adopted in 1984, shortly after the island was granted a new coat of arms.
What is Saint Helena's symbol?
The best-known symbol is the wirebird, the Saint Helena plover. It is the last bird species endemic to the island, its official bird, and it appears on the yellow part of the shield on the flag. The ship carries the Cross of Saint George, a symbol of England.
Which flag emojis look like Saint Helena's?
Eight other British Overseas Territories also use a Blue Ensign with their coat of arms: Anguilla ๐ฆ๐ฎ, British Virgin Islands ๐ป๐ฌ, Cayman Islands ๐ฐ๐พ, Falkland Islands ๐ซ๐ฐ, Montserrat ๐ฒ๐ธ, Pitcairn Islands ๐ต๐ณ, South Georgia ๐ฌ๐ธ and Turks and Caicos ๐น๐จ. Only the emblem differs.