The Eagle of Saladin sits dead center on Egypt's red-white-black tricolor, a nod to the medieval sultan and, further back, to the Egyptian vulture that shows up throughout the country's ancient art. Red marks the sacrifices of the independence struggle, white stands for purity, black for the era that struggle ended — the current version dates to 1984.
What 🇪🇬 means
A rectangular triband with red as the top band, white in the middle, bound by a black band at the bottom. The white band holds the coat of arms at the center.
The 🇪🇬 Flag: Egypt emoji represents the massive intercontinental country, Egypt or the Arab Republic of Egypt. It stretches from northeast Africa to southwest Asia. This emoji is shown as 'EG' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇪🇬 Egypt Flag
- 🇪🇬 Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- 🇪🇬 Egyptian Flag
- 🇪🇬 Country Code - EG
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1EA U+1F1EC- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:egypt:GitHub:flag-eg:Slack:flag_eg:Discord:eg: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: Egypt or 🪝 Hook?