Flag of Kyrgyzstan

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 3:5.

How to recognise it

A red field with a yellow sun of forty rays crossed by red lines in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Kyrgyzstan
UN member state name: Kyrgyzstan
ISO 3166-1 code: KG
Atlas Play pack: Central and South Asia (explorer pack)

Practise the Central and South Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: eight rays reaching the edges. Kyrgyzstan: a round sun with many rays, crossed by red lines.
VietnamKyrgyzstan: a round sun. Vietnam: a five-pointed star.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan (revision 1373762710) (A red field charged with a yellow sun with forty uniformly spaced rays, representing the forty clans united in legend by Manas; the sun is crossed by two sets of four lines, representing the traditional Kyrgyz yurt; proportion 3:5). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/kg.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 2d80e90462d1…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.