🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea (Korean Emoji)

01 — Meaning

What does the 🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, it just means “South Korea.” People use it to represent the country or things associated with it, like Korean food or celebrities. It’s a straightforward way to show you’re talking about Korea. 🇰🇷 sits in flag emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.

Where it comes from

The 🇰🇷 emoji represents the flag of South Korea. People use it to show their love for the country, Korean culture, or to simply indicate they’re thinking about South Korea. You might see it when talking about Seoul, K-pop, Korean food, or anything related to the nation. It’s a pretty versatile emoji – great for expressing fandom, showing support, or just adding a bit of geographic context to a conversation.

Also known as

People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.

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02 — Platforms

Flag: South Korea emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the flag: south korea as 5 vendors ship it.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Flag: South Korea emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :kr:.

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In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F1F0.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea emoji

Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F1F0 when there is no key at all.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “flag: south korea”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “flag: south korea”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :kr: and it converts to 🇰🇷 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🇰🇷, in CSS \1F1F0\1F1F7, in JavaScript \u{1F1F0}\u{1F1F7}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Flag: South Korea emoji PNG and SVG

Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 5. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.

Emoji PNG library →

Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

06 — Combinations

Flag: South Korea emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around flag: south korea for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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Aesthetic flag: south korea combos

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Gaming flag: south korea combos

Y2K flag: south korea combos

Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🇰🇷 means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl

When a girl sends you 🇰🇷, she could mean she’s a fan of South Korea or something related to it. Sometimes it’s just a cute way to show she’s thinking about the country. It doesn’t always have a specific romantic meaning; it's often just a fun emoji.

From a guy

If a guy sends you 🇰🇷, he's probably a fan of South Korea, K-pop, or Korean dramas. It can also be a casual way to connect with someone who shares an interest in the country. It doesn't automatically mean anything beyond that.

How to reply

If someone sends you 🇰🇷, you could reply with: “Fighting! 🇰🇷”, “Love Seoul! 🇰🇷”, “K-pop is life 🇰🇷”, “Best kimchi ever 🇰🇷”.

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🇰🇷 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.

TikTok & Instagram

Generally, it just means “South Korea.” People use it to represent the country or things associated with it, like Korean food or celebrities. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🇰🇷 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🇰🇷 in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :kr:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🇰🇷 looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🇰🇷 from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the Flag: South Korea emoji

Same family (country-flag) — often confused with flag: south korea or used alongside it.

Flags →

Flag: Bhutan

Flag: Bolivia

Flag: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Flag: Botswana

Flag: Brazil

Flag: British Indian Ocean Territory

Flag: British Virgin Islands

Flag: Brunei

Flag: Bulgaria

Flag: Burkina Faso

Flag: Burundi

Flag: Cambodia

Collections 🇰🇷 belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

flag emojis

10 — Difference

🇰🇷 vs 🇧🇹 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea

Unicode name: Flag: South Korea

Code: U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7 · added 2010

Shortcode: :kr:

Generally, it just means “South Korea.”

🇧🇹 Flag: Bhutan

Unicode name: Flag: Bhutan

Code: U+1F1E7 U+1F1F9 · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-bt:

Generally, when someone uses the 🇧🇹 emoji, they’re simply referencing the flag of Bhutan.

Open 🇧🇹 Flag: Bhutan →

11 — History

Where the 🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea emoji came from

This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.

SoftBankJ-Phone, 2000s

Flag: South Korea emoji, SoftBank, J-Phone — J-Phone

Twitter / XTwemoji

Flag: South Korea emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 16 — Twemoji 16

Flag: South Korea emoji, Twitter / X, Twemoji 17 — Twemoji 17

Same character every time — U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

1997–2008

Japanese carrier phones

Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets. 🇰🇷 existed there as KDDI au EB12, SoftBank E514. Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.

2010

Added to the standard

Flag: South Korea was approved as U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.

Today

Drawn 5 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🇰🇷 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Flag: South Korea emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🇰🇷 Flag: South Korea emoji mean?

Generally, it just means “South Korea.” People use it to represent the country or things associated with it, like Korean food or celebrities. It’s a straightforward way to show you’re talking about Korea.

What does 🇰🇷 mean from a girl?

When a girl sends you 🇰🇷, she could mean she’s a fan of South Korea or something related to it. Sometimes it’s just a cute way to show she’s thinking about the country. It doesn’t always have a specific romantic meaning; it's often just a fun emoji.

What does 🇰🇷 mean from a guy?

If a guy sends you 🇰🇷, he's probably a fan of South Korea, K-pop, or Korean dramas. It can also be a casual way to connect with someone who shares an interest in the country. It doesn't automatically mean anything beyond that.

How do you reply to the 🇰🇷 emoji?

If someone sends you 🇰🇷, you could reply with: “Fighting! 🇰🇷”, “Love Seoul! 🇰🇷”, “K-pop is life 🇰🇷”, “Best kimchi ever 🇰🇷”.

What else is the 🇰🇷 emoji called?

Flag: South Korea is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “flag emoji”, “korean emoji”, “korea emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7.

What is the Unicode code for 🇰🇷?

The Flag: South Korea emoji is U+1F1F0 U+1F1F7, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). In HTML you can write it as 🇰🇷, and in CSS as \1F1F0\1F1F7.

How do I copy and paste the 🇰🇷 emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🇰🇷 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :kr: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🇰🇷 look the same on every phone?

No. Flag: South Korea is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1F1F0. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

Flag: South Korea Emoji

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