diff --git a/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt b/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
index 3a19597..6f0878e 100644
--- a/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
+++ b/shared/src/androidMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.android.kt
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? {
     if (regionCode !in Locale.getISOCountries()) return null
     return Locale("", regionCode).getDisplayCountry(Locale.getDefault())
 }
+
+actual fun supportsFlagEmoji(): Boolean = true
diff --git a/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt b/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
index ef123ec..f1183d9 100644
--- a/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
+++ b/shared/src/appleMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.apple.kt
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ actual fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int {
 
 actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? =
     NSLocale.currentLocale.localizedStringForCountryCode(regionCode)
+
+actual fun supportsFlagEmoji(): Boolean = true
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
index 0d21955..e1c5ff4 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/CurrencyFlag.kt
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ internal fun issuingCountryCodes(code: String): List<String> {
 
 /**
  * A country flag emoji for [code], or null when there's no flag to show — either because [code]
- * isn't tied to any country, or because it's shared by more than [MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY]
- * countries, which would be too visually noisy to show side by side.
+ * isn't tied to any country, because it's shared by more than [MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY] countries
+ * (too visually noisy to show side by side), or because [supportsFlagEmoji] says the platform
+ * can't render one anyway (Compose for Web's canvas-based text renderer has no color-emoji font
+ * to fall back to, so a flag's regional-indicator codepoints draw as empty boxes there).
  */
 fun currencyFlagEmoji(code: String): String? {
+    if (!supportsFlagEmoji()) return null
     val regionCodes = issuingCountryCodes(code)
     if (regionCodes.isEmpty() || regionCodes.size > MAX_FLAGS_PER_CURRENCY) return null
     return regionCodes.joinToString(" ") { regionFlagEmoji(it) }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
index 2ad23c5..312da89 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.kt
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ expect fun localeCurrencyCode(): String?
 
 /** The conventional number of decimal places for [code] (e.g. 2 for USD, 0 for JPY, 3 for BHD). */
 expect fun currencyDecimalDigits(code: String): Int
+
+/**
+ * Whether the current platform's text renderer can draw flag emoji. False on Compose for Web
+ * (js/wasmJs): its canvas-based Skia renderer has no bundled or system color-emoji font to draw a
+ * flag's regional-indicator codepoints with, so they'd otherwise render as empty boxes.
+ */
+expect fun supportsFlagEmoji(): Boolean
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
index 3a19597..6f0878e 100644
--- a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.jvm.kt
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? {
     if (regionCode !in Locale.getISOCountries()) return null
     return Locale("", regionCode).getDisplayCountry(Locale.getDefault())
 }
+
+actual fun supportsFlagEmoji(): Boolean = true
diff --git a/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt b/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
index 5b5cdc6..092b331 100644
--- a/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
+++ b/shared/src/webMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/SystemCurrencies.web.kt
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ private fun jsRegionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String = js(
 
 actual fun regionDisplayName(regionCode: String): String? =
     jsRegionDisplayName(regionCode).takeIf { it != regionCode }
+
+// Compose for Web renders everything through Skia onto a <canvas> rather than through the
+// browser's own text stack, so it can't fall back to the browser/OS's color-emoji font the way
+// native targets can — a flag's regional-indicator codepoints draw as empty boxes instead.
+actual fun supportsFlagEmoji(): Boolean = false