The Mozambique flag emoji pops with a bold red triangle at the hoist, a yellow star, and the instantly recognizable green–black–yellow horizontal bands split by thin white lines. On Apple/iOS, it shows as a tidy, slightly waving rectangle with saturated colors; the emblem in the red triangle is miniaturized but iconic—an AK-47 with a bayonet crossed with a hoe over an open book, all perched on the yellow star (often just tiny dark-and-light strokes unless you zoom in). It’s famous online for being the only national flag that features a modern firearm, representing defense, education, and labor after independence in 1975. Even at emoji size, the red triangle and yellow star make it easy to spot in a sea of flags.
People drop this emoji to rep Mozambican pride, hype the Mambas during football matches, flex Maputo or Bazaruto travel pics, and brag about prawns, cashews, and beach sunsets. In meme-speak, it can carry a "knowledge + tools + protection" vibe—book for brains, hoe for work, rifle for resilience—sometimes used playfully as "don’t test me, I came prepared." It shows up in Lusophone threads, SADC takes, and history debates where the emblem sparks instant comment-section lore. You’ll also see it in diaspora bios, concert announcements, and foodie posts with peri-peri everything, often paired with green, black, and yellow hearts for extra flair.
This flag represents the country of Mozambique.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1433 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 MZ Mozambique |
| 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) | 1f1f2, 1f1ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F2, U+1F1FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127474, 127487 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B2, F0 9F 87 BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 262, 360 237 207 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF2, 0xD83C 0xDDFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf2, d83cddff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56818, 55356 56831 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F2 0x0001F1FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F2, 01F1FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127474, 127487 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F2\U0001F1FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2\xf0\x9f\x87\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF2\uD83C\uDDFF" |
