Identify the Flags of Asia
Asia's 49 flags include the only non-rectangular national flag in the world. A flag is shown, pick the country from a short list. Free, in-browser.
Play nowNepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not a rectangle. It is two stacked pennants forming a crimson banner edged in blue, with a sun and a moon, and its exact construction is fixed by the constitution in twenty-four geometric steps. That single fact is the easiest tell on the continent. Beyond Nepal, Asian flags rely on a small set of recurring shapes: the red disc of Japan, the green field of Bangladesh with an off-centred red disc, the trigrams around Korea's taegeuk, the soyombo of Mongolia, the Angkor Wat silhouette of Cambodia, and the Saudi shahada calligraphy. Each flag carries a precise emblem; learn the emblem and the country follows.
The 52 countries — Asia
Afghanistan
Kabul
Armenia
Yerevan
Azerbaijan
Baku
Bahrain
Manama
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Bhutan
Thimphu
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
China
Beijing
Cyprus
Nicosia
East Timor
Dili
Georgia
Tbilisi
Hong Kong
City of Victoria
India
New Delhi
Indonesia
Jakarta
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Baghdad
Israel
Jerusalem
Japan
Tokyo
Jordan
Amman
Kazakhstan
Astana
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
Laos
Vientiane
Lebanon
Beirut
MAC
MAC
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Maldives
Malé
Mongolia
Ulan Bator
Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Nepal
Kathmandu
North Korea
Pyongyang
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Northern Cyprus
North Nicosia
Oman
Muscat
Pakistan
Islamabad
Palestine
Ramallah
Philippines
Manila
Qatar
Doha
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Singapore
Singapore
South Korea
Seoul
Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Syria
Damascus
Taiwan
Taipei
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
Thailand
Bangkok
Turkey
Ankara
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Vietnam
Hanoi
Yemen
Sana'a
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Three red discs, three countries
Japan centres a red disc on a white field. Bangladesh centres a slightly off-centred red disc on a green field. Palau places a yellow disc, also off-centred to the hoist, on a sky-blue field representing the moon over the Pacific. Discs differ by colour, position and background.
Crescent and star pairs
Turkey, Tunisia, Pakistan, Algeria, Mauritania, Malaysia and the Comoros all use a crescent and star. Turkey is red with a white crescent open to the right. Pakistan adds a wide white hoist stripe representing minorities. Malaysia uses a fourteen-pointed star on red and white stripes.
Calligraphy and writing
Saudi Arabia carries the Islamic shahada in white Thuluth script with a sword underneath, on a green field. Iraq writes the takbir in green Kufic script across the central white band; the three Saddam-era stars were removed in the 2008 redesign. Iran inscribes the takbir twenty-two times along the inner edges of the green and red bands, eleven on each. Knowing which script appears on which colour shortens the decision.
Five Asian giants
China shows one large yellow star and four smaller stars in an arc on red. Vietnam centres one large yellow star on red. North Korea uses a red band between blue stripes with a red star in a white disc. South Korea has the taegeuk and four trigrams. India splits saffron, white and green with the Ashoka chakra in the middle.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Nepal's flag not rectangular?
The flag is two superimposed triangular pennants, a shape used historically by Hindu kingdoms and Rajput states across South Asia. When Nepal codified its national flag in 1962, the pennant form was kept. The Nepali constitution defines its construction in a dedicated annex with twenty-four exact geometric instructions.
Which Asian flags use Arabic calligraphy?
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq display Quranic phrases on their flags. Saudi Arabia carries the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith. Iraq writes the takbir, meaning God is great, in green Kufic script on the central white band; the three stars from the Saddam-era flag were dropped in 2008. Iran also writes the takbir twenty-two times along the inner edges of the green and red bands.
What does the South Korean taegeuk mean?
The blue and red disc in the centre of the flag represents the cosmic balance between yin and yang. The four black trigrams in the corners symbolise heaven, earth, fire and water. The white background stands for purity and peace. The design dates from 1882 and was confirmed at independence in 1948.
Are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Palestine in the quiz?
Taiwan and Palestine appear as sovereign answers in line with United Nations observer-state practice. Hong Kong and Macau are listed as Special Administrative Regions and can be enabled in the settings as a separate optional pool. The default Asia mode covers the forty-nine UN member states of the continent.
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