What does ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt Flag mean?
Red, white and black horizontal stripes with the golden Eagle of Saladin in the centre. Egyptians share it for national celebrations and the Pharaohs football team, and travellers pair it with the pyramids of Giza, Nile cruises, Luxorโs temples and Red Sea diving. It can also label Egyptian Arabic, widely understood across the Arab world thanks to Egyptian films and music.
Technically, ๐ช๐ฌ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ช ๐ฌ, which spell the region code EG. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters EG instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ช๐ฌ Egypt Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Egypt Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Egypt Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ช๐ฌ 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-eg:.
When was the Egypt Flag emoji added?
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt 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 Egypt Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (EG). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ช๐ฌ flag.