π¬πΌ Guinea-Bissau flag emoji
The Guinea-Bissau flag emoji π¬πΌ is the two-letter flag sequence for GW. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the Guinea-Bissau flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters GW instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Guinea-Bissau flag emoji means
Guinea-Bissau is a West African country that declared independence from Portugal on September 24, 1973, now celebrated as its national holiday. The flag has a red vertical band with a black star, and yellow and green horizontal stripes, using the Pan-African colours. It is a small country, with about 2.2 million people, and cashew nuts are its main export. People use the emoji in sports, music and diaspora posts.
The emoji is used moderately, mostly by Guinea-Bissau communities in Portugal and France.
How to type the Guinea-Bissau flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Guinea-Bissau" 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 GW instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, G and W, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- π¬πΌπ₯ for cashew exports
- π¬πΌβ½ for the national football team
- π¬πΌπ for African pride
- π¬πΌπ΅πΉ for the Portuguese-speaking link
Guinea-Bissau flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1EC U+1F1FC |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇬🇼 |
| CSS | \1F1EC\1F1FC |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddfc |
| Python | \U0001F1EC\U0001F1FC |
| Shortcode | :flag_gw: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter G + regional indicator symbol letter W |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Guinea-Bissau flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Guinea-Bissau flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so π¬πΌ appears as the letters GW. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the Guinea-Bissau flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as GW 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.
How do I tell Guinea-Bissau from Guinea and Equatorial Guinea?
π¬πΌ is Guinea-Bissau, π¬π³ is Guinea and π¬πΆ is Equatorial Guinea. The Guinea-Bissau flag is the only one of the three with a single black star on a red band.