๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati flag emoji
The Kiribati flag emoji ๐ฐ๐ฎ shows a flag with a golden frigatebird flying over a rising sun above blue and white waves. Tap the copy button to paste it into any chat, post or document.
How the Kiribati flag emoji looks on different platforms
Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters KI instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Kiribati flag emoji means
The Kiribati flag emoji shows a yellow frigatebird above a rising sun and three stripes of Pacific waves. It appears in posts about island life, diving and climate change, since many of the atolls lie only a few metres above sea level. People also use it on Independence Day, 12 July, celebrating the day in 1979 when Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom. Kiritimati, part of Kiribati, is among the first places on Earth to see each new year.
How to type the Kiribati flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Kiribati" or "flag", then pick ๐ฐ๐ฎ. 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 KI instead.
The emoji is not a single image. It is made of two regional indicator letters, K and I, and devices that support flags combine them into one symbol.
Popular combinations
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ โ the first sunrise of the new year
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ โ rising sea levels and climate talk
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐คฟ โ diving and fishing trips
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ โ Independence Day, 12 July
Kiribati flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F0 U+1F1EE |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇰🇮 |
| CSS | \1F1F0\1F1EE |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddee |
| Python | \U0001F1F0\U0001F1EE |
| Shortcode | :flag_ki: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter K + regional indicator symbol letter I |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Kiribati flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Kiribati flag show as KI 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 Kiribati flag emoji on Windows?
Windows shows letters, not flags, so copy ๐ฐ๐ฎ 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.
How do you pronounce Kiribati?
It is pronounced roughly "KIR-ih-bahss". The ti in the Gilbertese spelling is read as an s.