A plain white flag on a pole, the white-flag emoji is the universal signal for surrender. It's used the moment someone taps out of an argument, a workout, or a losing battle with a Monday — basically a one-character way of typing 'I give up.'
What 🏳️ means
A rectangular white flag waving from its flag post. The 🏳️ White Flag emoji symbolizes surrender, peace, and amicability on the political front and trustworthiness and positivity signs in the scene of interpersonal relationships (romantic, mostly).
How and when to use it
- Unlike the warning signs conveyed by the 🚩 Red Flag, 🏳️ signifies a 'good sign', that boosts trust and clears the coast for one to let his/her guard down.
- A few examples supporting the previous point - "That sounds like a good sign. I have a positive feeling about it 🏳️" or "As shocking as it is all the times I've spent with him have been wonderful! 🏳️".
- You could also apply 🏳️ as a 'good to go' or 'GO'; essentially a positive sign or a symbol of approval.
- If you're sharing news posts about peace in the world, especially one that's concluded after prolonged enmity, use 🏳️ in the caption.
- You can locally use 🏳️ even in personal scenarios. Like, "We're all good now 🏳️" or "Did y'all patch up yet?? 🏳️".
Other Names
- 🏳️ Peace Flag
- 🏳️ Truce
- 🏳️ White Flag (Good Sign)
- 🏳️ Waving White Flag
- 🏳️ Flag of Truce
- 🏳️ Retreat
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › flag
- Codepoints
U+1F3F3 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:white_flag:GitHub- Keywords
- flag, waving, white
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🏳️ White Flag or 🇦🇸 Flag: American Samoa?
Runs with a crowd
🏳️ keeps company in white emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.