Nepal Flag
Nepal’s flag is the one national flag that is not a rectangle. Once you lock onto that silhouette, almost every other quiz option falls away.
How to identify the Nepal flag
- Shape first: two stacked right-angled triangles (pennons) with the fly edges pointing right, not a rectangle or square.
- Crimson field with a deep blue border around the whole outline — the border follows the double-pennon edge.
- Emblems: a white moon (stylized face/crescent form in modern drawing) in the upper triangle and a white twelve-rayed sun in the lower triangle.
Colors
Crimson red fills both pennons. A blue border outlines the entire double triangle. White is used only for the moon and sun emblems — there are no white stripes.
Similar flags
- Switzerland – Also red with a white emblem, but Switzerland is a centered cross on a rectangular (often square-looking) field — never a double pennon.
- Bhutan – Himalayan neighbor with bold color, but Bhutan is a rectangular diagonal yellow/orange field with a dragon — rectangular cloth.
- Tonga – Red field with a small canton cross; still a normal rectangle.
Practice next
Drill more flags from Asia practice, or play today’s shared set on the guess the flag home page. Pattern notes also live in how to identify country flags.
Nepal flag FAQ
Why does Nepal’s flag look different from every other country’s?
It keeps a historic double-pennon shape instead of adopting a rectangular cloth. In quizzes, treat non-rectangular outline as nearly decisive.
What do the moon and sun mean on the Nepal flag?
They are solar and lunar emblems in the two pennons. For identification, just remember moon above, sun below — both white on crimson.
Is the Nepal flag hard to confuse with Bhutan?
Only if you ignore shape. Bhutan is rectangular with a dragon; Nepal is two triangles with moon and sun.