The flag: Egypt emoji waves a bold red–white–black tricolor with a tiny golden Eagle of Saladin perched in the center stripe—aka the unmistakable crest that says, “Yep, this is Egypt.” On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy, fabric-textured rectangle with gentle ripples, no pole, rounded corners, and a clearly visible gold eagle on the white band, red up top and black at the bottom. Even zoomed small, that gold emblem is the instant giveaway.
Online, it’s the go-to badge for Cairo pride, Nile nostalgia, and football hype—expect a flurry of flags when the Pharaohs score or when Salah goes full superhero. People drop it in travel flexes from Giza, Luxor, and Aswan, or pair it with 🐪, 🏺, 🏜, 🕌, and ⚽ for peak vibes. It shows up in archaeology threads, diaspora celebrations, solidarity posts, and festival seasons like Ramadan and Eid. Meme-side, it pops up with mummy jokes, “Walk Like an Egyptian” throwbacks, desert-heat exaggerations, and “Pharaoh energy” when someone’s serving ancient-level drip.
Culturally, the colors echo Pan-Arab themes, while the Eagle of Saladin nods to a storied past that keeps historians and TikTok explainers busy. You’ll see the flag in Suez Canal headlines, Alexandria summer captions, and Nile-cruise reels. Whether you’re cheering AFCON, announcing a Cairo food crawl, or just channeling pyramid-core aesthetics, this emoji plants the Egyptian banner right in your chat.
This emoji represents the country of Egypt.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1259 of 2393 |
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| 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 EG Egypt |
| 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) | 1f1ea, 1f1ec |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EA, U+1F1EC |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127466, 127468 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAA, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AA, F0 9F 87 AC |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 252, 360 237 207 254 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEA, 0xD83C 0xDDEC |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddea, d83cddec |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56810, 55356 56812 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EA 0x0001F1EC |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EA, 01F1EC |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127466, 127468 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EA\U0001F1EC" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xaa\xf0\x9f\x87\xac" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEA\uD83C\uDDEC" |
