Kyrgyzstan
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewAdopted in 1992. The red is said to be inspired by the pennant lifted by Manas, the country's folk hero, and stands for bravery and valor. The 40 rays stand for the number of tribes united by Manas to fight against the Mongols. The centre of the sun features a stylized illustration of the roof atop a traditional Kyrgyz tent when viewed from the interior [the tündük], [symbolising] the people's hearth and home.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Gold(r1) #FFD700
Symbolism and history(r1)
A golden sun with 40 rays, standing for the 40 tribes united by Manas against the Mongols, surrounds a stylized tündük, the wooden roof-crown of a nomadic yurt seen from inside, symbolising the hearth, home and the unity of time and space, at the center of a red field.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
Vietnam94near-identical colour proportions.
China93near-identical colour proportions.
Tunisia91near-identical colour proportions.
Türkiye91near-identical colour proportions.
Albania90near-identical colour proportions.
Morocco89near-identical colour proportions.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of Kyrgyzstan (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of Kyrgyzstan on Wikipedia
