What does ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Flag mean?
Black, red and green horizontal stripes separated by thin white lines, with a red, black and white Maasai shield and two crossed spears at the centre. Kenyans fly it on Madaraka Day (1 June) and Jamhuri Day (12 December), and to celebrate world-class distance runners. Travellers pair it with safaris in the Maasai Mara and Swahili greetings like โJamboโ.
Technically, ๐ฐ๐ช is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฐ ๐ช, which spell the region code KE. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters KE instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ฐ๐ช Kenya Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Kenya Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Kenya Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฐ๐ช 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-ke:.
When was the Kenya Flag emoji added?
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya 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 Kenya Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (KE). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฐ๐ช flag.