Black, yellow, and red run vertically here, not the horizontal bands you'd expect, colors lifted straight from the coat of arms of Brabant, the region at the center of the 1830 revolt against Dutch rule. Black stood for the fighters' sacrifice, yellow for the nation's wealth, red for blood spilled, and the tricolor became official in 1831.
What 🇧🇪 means
A vertically tri-colored flag with a black stripe on the left, yellow at the center, and red on the right end. The 🇧🇪 Flag: Belgium emoji refers to the Schengen state of Belgium located in western Europe. It is officially known as the Kingdom of Belgium.
This emoji is shown as 'BE' on certain platforms that don't support the flag emoji.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇧🇪 Belgian Flag
- 🇧🇪 Black, Yellow, and Red Flag
- 🇧🇪 Flag of Belgium
- 🇧🇪 Flag of the Kingdom of Belgium
- 🇧🇪 Country Code - BE
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1E7 U+1F1EA- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:belgium:GitHub:flag-be:Slack:flag_be:Discord:be:Discord- Keywords
- flag
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🇧🇪 Flag: Belgium or 🦽 Manual Wheelchair?