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๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands flag emoji
The Solomon Islands flag emoji ๐ธ๐ง shows a blue and green flag with a yellow diagonal stripe and five white stars. Tap the copy button to paste it into any chat, post or document.
How the Solomon Islands flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters SB instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Solomon Islands flag emoji means
The Solomon Islands flag emoji is used for Pacific travel, diving and national pride posts. The yellow diagonal stripe represents the sun and its rays, the blue the ocean and the green the land, and the five white stars stand for the five provinces at independence. Independence Day is 7 July, marking 1978, when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. The capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal, a site of major Second World War battles.
How to type the Solomon Islands flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Solomon Islands" or "flag", then pick ๐ธ๐ง. On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel, but note that Windows does not draw country flags and shows the two letters SB instead.
The emoji is not a single image. It is made of two regional indicator letters, S and B, and devices that support flags combine them into one symbol.
Popular combinations
- ๐ธ๐ง๐คฟ โ wreck diving off Guadalcanal
- ๐ธ๐ง๐ด โ island holidays
- ๐ธ๐งโญ โ the five stars
- ๐ธ๐ง๐ โ Independence Day, 7 July
Solomon Islands flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F8 U+1F1E7 |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇸🇧 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1E7 |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde7 |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1E7 |
| Shortcode | :flag_sb: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter S + regional indicator symbol letter B |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Solomon Islands flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Solomon Islands flag show as SB on my screen?
Your system has no flag artwork and shows the two regional indicator letters instead. This is normal on Windows. Phones, Macs and most browsers on other systems display the flag.
How do I get the Solomon Islands flag emoji on Windows?
Windows shows letters, not flags, so copy ๐ธ๐ง from this page and paste it into apps that draw their own emoji, such as Chrome-based websites, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp Web, or use a flag-capable font.
What do the stars on the Solomon Islands flag mean?
The five stars represent the five provinces the country was divided into at independence.
When was the Solomon Islands flag adopted?
The flag was ratified on 18 November 1977, about eight months before independence from the United Kingdom on 7 July 1978. It replaced the British Blue Ensign defaced with the protectorate's arms. The ๐ธ๐ง emoji shows the blue and green triangles split by a yellow stripe. See the Solomon Islands flag page.
Is the Solomon Islands flag using the Southern Cross?
No. The five stars were meant to represent the provinces, not the Southern Cross used on Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. They are arranged in three offset rows in the corner, in the shape of the letter X.
Who designed the Solomon Islands flag?
After two earlier winning designs were dropped, the final design was created by a New Zealander teaching visual arts at the King George VI School in Honiara. The earlier ones used a frigate bird or a black chain, and were rejected for being tied to one province or causing debate.