What does ๐ง๐พ Belarus Flag mean?
The official flag has a wide red band above a narrower green one, with a vertical strip of red-on-white folk ornament at the hoist, based on traditional embroidery. It appears for Independence Day on 3 July, national teams in ice hockey and other sports, and posts about Minsk, forests and Belarusian heritage. Some Belarusians, especially abroad, also use a historical white-red-white flag.
Technically, ๐ง๐พ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ง ๐พ, which spell the region code BY. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters BY instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ง๐พ Belarus Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ง๐พ Belarus Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Belarus Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Belarus Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ง๐พ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-by:.
When was the Belarus Flag emoji added?
๐ง๐พ Belarus Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Belarus Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (BY). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ง๐พ flag.