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πΈπ¨ Seychelles flag emoji
The Seychelles flag emoji πΈπ¨ shows the national flag of Seychelles on iPhone, Android and Mac. Tap the copy button above to paste it into any message or post.
How the Seychelles flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters SC instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Seychelles flag emoji means
The emoji shows Seychelles' flag: five oblique bands in blue, yellow, red, white and green fanning out from the lower hoist corner. It is used on Independence Day, 29 June, which marks 1976, and on National Day, 18 June.
How to type the Seychelles flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Seychelles" or "flag" to find πΈπ¨. 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 SC instead of a flag. The emoji is made of two regional indicator letters, S and C, which phones and Macs combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- πΈπ¨ποΈ β Island paradise
- πΈπ¨π’ β Giant tortoises
- πΈπ¨π΄ β Coco de mer palms
- πΈπ¨π β Snorkelling and reefs
Seychelles flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F8 U+1F1E8 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇸🇨 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1E8 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8 |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1E8 |
| Shortcode | :flag_sc: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter S + regional indicator symbol letter C |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Seychelles flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Seychelles flag emoji show as SC on my PC?
Windows does not include flag graphics in its emoji font. Your device sees the two letters S and C and shows them as text. The same emoji displays as a flag on iPhone, Android, Mac and most websites.
How do I get the Seychelles flag emoji on Windows?
Copy πΈπ¨ 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 SC. Phones and Macs show it as a flag.
What other emojis look like the Seychelles flag?
No other flag emoji has these fanned bands. πΈπͺ Sweden is a cross and πΈπ΄ Somalia has a white star on blue.
What is πΈπ¨?
πΈπ¨ is the flag of Seychelles: five oblique bands in blue, yellow, red, white and green that diverge from the lower hoist corner. It was adopted on 8 January 1996 and is the third flag the country has used since independence from the United Kingdom on 29 June 1976.
What do the colors of the Seychelles flag mean?
Blue stands for the sky and the surrounding sea, yellow for the sun that gives light and life, and red for the people and their determination to work for the future. White represents social justice and harmony, and green the land and natural environment.
When was the Seychelles flag adopted?
The current flag was adopted on 8 January 1996. It is the third flag since independence from the United Kingdom on 29 June 1976, after one with blue and red triangles and one in red, white and green.