That green flag with a bold orange eagle soaring over skinny red–black–orange stripes on the right? That’s the Zambia flag emoji, aka a quick way to shout “Zed!” across the timeline. People drop it to rep Lusaka roots, celebrate Independence Day (Oct 24), hype the Chipolopolo in AFCON, or flex a Livingstone/Victoria Falls getaway like, “BRB, chasing mist.” It also moonlights as a cheeky “literal green flag” for someone’s good traits—bonus points if you pair it with 🦅 for maximum “we move” energy. Expect diaspora bios, WhatsApp statuses, and football watch parties to be swimming in this emoji.
On Apple/iOS, it appears as a glossy, slightly waving rectangle with a deep green field, three tight vertical bands on the fly side (left to right: red, black, orange), and a small orange African fish eagle hovering just above them—right-heavy and instantly recognizable once you know the layout. The colors nod to agriculture (green), the struggle (red), the people (black), and copper wealth (orange), so it carries proud symbolism even when used playfully online. Memes sometimes use it to confuse folks who think it’s just a nature flag, but Zambians know the eagle says “aim high.” Whether you’re posting nshima pics, planning a safari, or just repping Zed Twitter, this flag flies with confident, copper-tinted swagger.
This flag represents the country of Zambia.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1641 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 | |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters ZM Zambia |
| 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) | 1f1ff, 1f1f2 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1FF, U+1F1F2 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127487, 127474 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBF, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB2 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 BF, F0 9F 87 B2 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 277, 360 237 207 262 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDFF, 0xD83C 0xDDF2 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddff, d83cddf2 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56831, 55356 56818 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1FF 0x0001F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1FF, 01F1F2 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127487, 127474 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1FF\U0001F1F2" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xbf\xf0\x9f\x87\xb2" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDFF\uD83C\uDDF2" |
