Meaning
The Malaysian flag features bold horizontal stripes of yellow and blue, with a yellow crescent moon and a 14-pointed star centered on the blue field. The yellow represents royalty, while blue symbolizes unity. This flag has been Malaysia's national symbol since independence in 1957.
People use this flag to show pride in Malaysia, whether they're Malaysian citizens abroad or celebrating Malaysian culture and heritage. It appears in posts about Malaysian food, festivals like Hari Raya, and during national holidays. You'll often spot it in travel photos from Kuala Lumpur or when someone's expressing love for their homeland.
The flag is also commonly used in sports contexts—cheering on Malaysian athletes at the Olympics or during international competitions. It's a shorthand way to represent the country in conversations about politics, news, or cultural events happening in Malaysia.
This flag was officially approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, making it available across messaging platforms worldwide.
Common Uses
- • Showing pride in Malaysian heritage
- • Celebrating Malaysian holidays and festivals
- • Representing Malaysia in sports or travel posts
- • Discussing Malaysian news or cultural events
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Did You Know?
Malaysia's flag is one of the few national flags featuring a crescent moon and star, shared with only a handful of other nations worldwide.
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Platform Shortcodes
:malaysia: :flag-my: :malaysia: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇲🇾 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇲🇾 |
| CSS | \1F1F2\1F1FE |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDFE |
| Python | \U0001F1F2\U0001F1FE |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDFE |
| Perl | \x{1F1F2}\x{1F1FE} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F2}\x{1F1FE} |
| Punycode | xn--2qcy-2qda |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B2%F0%9F%87%BE |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBE |
🇲🇾 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: মালয়েশিয়া |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 马来西亚 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子：馬來西亞 |
| Danish | Malaysia |
| Dutch | vlag: Maleisië |
| English | flag: Malaysia |
| English (UK) | flag: Malaysia |
| Estonian | lipp: Malaisia |
| Finnish | lippu: Malesia |
| French | drapeau : Malaisie |
| German | Flagge: Malaysia |
| Hindi | झंडा: मलेशिया |
| Hungarian | zászló: Malajzia |
| Italian | bandiera: Malaysia |
| Japanese | 旗: マレーシア |
| Korean | 깃발: 말레이시아 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Malaizija |
| Malay | bendera: Malaysia |
| Norwegian | flagg: Malaysia |
| Polish | flaga: Malezja |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Malásia |
| Russian | флаг: Малайзия |
| Spanish | Bandera: Malasia |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Malasia |
| Swedish | flagga: Malaysia |
| Thai | ธง: มาเลเซีย |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Малайзія |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Malaysia |