The Kenya flag emoji waves in with big 254 energy—perfect for repping Nairobi hustle, marathon dominance, or that one epic safari story you won’t stop telling. It’s the go-to badge when Kenyans on Twitter (aka #KOT) pull up for a spicy thread, when Eliud Kipchoge shatters time again, or when someone drops a “Wueh!” after a plate of nyama choma and ugali. You’ll see it paired with the GOAT, runner, and fire emojis during race weekends, or alongside lion and binoculars for Maasai Mara and Diani Beach travel flexes. It can be used playfully or sarcastically too—like “Hakuna Matata, but make it Wi‑Fi”—or to clap back when people think Kenya is just one giant safari park.
On Apple devices, the flag appears as a glossy, slightly waving rectangle on a silver pole: black on top, red in the middle, green on the bottom, each stripe edged with thin white fimbriations. Front and center is the unmistakable red‑black Maasai shield with two white spears crossed behind it—iconic, bold, and super recognizable at thumbnail size. Drop it when celebrating Harambee spirit, bragging about Mount Kenya sunrises, or hyping the “Home of Champions” towns like Iten and Eldoret. It’s a small emoji with big vibes: pride, resilience, and an instant “254 to the world” mic drop.
This flag represents the country of Kenya.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1789 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters KE Kenya |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇰🇪 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇰🇪 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇰 🇪 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇰 🇪 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1f0, 1f1ea |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F0, U+1F1EA |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127472, 127466 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB0, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAA |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B0, F0 9F 87 AA |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 260, 360 237 207 252 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF0, 0xD83C 0xDDEA |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf0, d83cddea |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56816, 55356 56810 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F0 0x0001F1EA |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F0, 01F1EA |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127472, 127466 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F0\U0001F1EA" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb0\xf0\x9f\x87\xaa" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF0\uD83C\uDDEA" |
