White, green and red have flown over Bulgaria since 1879, adopted right after Ottoman rule ended and laid out like ally Russia's tricolor with green swapped in for blue. The colors read plainly: white for peace, green for the land's forests and farms, red for the courage spent winning independence. The design has held through monarchy, communism, and the return to democracy.
What 🇧🇬 means
A triband consisting of white, green, and red horizontal stripes from the top to the bottom (in the same order). The 🇧🇬 Flag: Bulgaria emoji is a representation of the southeast European country, Bulgaria, officially known as the Republic of Bulgaria.
This emoji is shown as 'BE' on platforms that don't support the flag emoji.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇧🇬 Bulgarian Flag
- 🇧🇬 Flag of Bulgaria
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria Flag
- 🇧🇬 Country Code - BG
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1E7 U+1F1EC- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:bulgaria:GitHub:flag-bg:Slack:flag_bg:Discord:bg: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: Bulgaria or 🪂 Parachute?