🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates Flag Emoji

The United Arab Emirates flag emoji 🇦🇪 shows the national flag of United Arab Emirates. Tap the button to copy it, then paste it into a message, post or document.

How the United Arab Emirates flag emoji looks on different platforms

Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters AE instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What the United Arab Emirates flag emoji means

The UAE flag emoji shows a red vertical band on the left and green, white and black horizontal stripes, using the Pan-Arab colours. People use it for Dubai and Abu Dhabi travel, business posts and events. The key dates are National Day on 2 December, marking the 1971 union of the emirates, Commemoration Day on 30 November and Flag Day in November.

How to type the United Arab Emirates flag emoji

On an iPhone or Android keyboard, open the emoji panel and search "UAE" or "flag". On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . and search. Windows does not draw country flags, so it shows the two letters AE instead of a flag; copy and paste the emoji into an app or site that supports flags. The flag is a pair of regional indicator letters A and E, which phones join into one picture.

Popular combinations

🇦🇪🏙️ for Dubai skyline
🇦🇪🐪 for desert and camel safaris
🇦🇪✈️ for flights and stopovers
🇦🇪🏎️ for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

United Arab Emirates flag emoji codes

Unicode	`U+1F1E6 U+1F1EA`
HTML entity	`🇦🇪`
CSS	`\1F1E6\1F1EA`
JavaScript / JSON	`\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea`
Python	`\U0001F1E6\U0001F1EA`
Shortcode	`:flag_ae:`
Made of	regional indicator symbol letter A + regional indicator symbol letter E
Emoji version	Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)

United Arab Emirates flag emoji FAQ

Why does the United Arab Emirates flag show as letters instead of a flag?

Some systems, mainly Windows, do not include flag artwork, so they show the letters AE instead of a picture. Phones, Macs, and most browsers on other platforms display it normally.

How do I get the United Arab Emirates flag emoji on Windows?

Windows 10 and 11 show country flags as letters in most apps. Copy the emoji from this page and paste it into a phone, Mac or web app that draws its own flag images, such as Discord or Slack.

Is the UAE emoji the same as Kuwait's?

No. Kuwait 🇰🇼 has a black trapezoid on the left and green, white, red stripes. The UAE has a plain red vertical bar.

What search word finds it on a phone?

Try UAE, United Arab Emirates or Dubai in the emoji keyboard search.

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates flag emoji