Bright, bold, and unmistakably extra, the flag of the Central African Republic emoji brings a vertical red stripe that cuts through four horizontal bands—blue, white, green, yellow—with a golden star glowing in the top-left blue section. On Apple/iOS, it shows as a clean, slightly wavy rectangle (no pole), with saturated colors and a crisp five-pointed star that immediately catches the eye. It’s the one that looks like a color-block collage with a big red “plus” down the center—geo-nerds rejoice.
People drop this emoji to rep Bangui roots, Sango/French culture, AFCON hype for Les Fauves, or to flex travel plans to Dzanga-Sangha’s gorilla country and Ubangi river adventures. It’s also a trivia-thread MVP—cue the “what country is this colorful cross flag?” moment—and a diaspora badge in bios, usernames, and proud family group chats. Historically, the palette fuses Pan‑African tones with a nod to French influence, and the red vertical stripe symbolizes unity and sacrifice—big “we’re in this together” energy. Expect it in foodie posts (peanut stews, grilled fish), heritage shoutouts, and the occasional meme where the red bar gets dubbed the “plus sign for good vibes.”
This emoji represents the country of Central African Republic.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1690 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters CF Central African Republic |
| 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) | 1f1e8, 1f1eb |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1E8, U+1F1EB |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127464, 127467 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAB |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 A8, F0 9F 87 AB |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 250, 360 237 207 253 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDE8, 0xD83C 0xDDEB |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdde8, d83cddeb |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56808, 55356 56811 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1E8 0x0001F1EB |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1E8, 01F1EB |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127464, 127467 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1E8\U0001F1EB" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xa8\xf0\x9f\x87\xab" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDEB" |
