# 🇧🇯 Benin flag emoji

🇧🇯 Benin flag is an emoji in the country flags set of Flags. It was added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015. Related words: BJ.

- Emoji: 🇧🇯
- Unicode name: flag: Benin
- Code points: U+1F1E7 U+1F1EF
- Category: Flags, Country flags
- Added: Emoji 2.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :benin:
- Keywords: flag, BJ
- Page: https://emojichart.com/benin-flag-emoji

## What it means

The flag of Benin. People use it to stand for Benin in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

## What it's made of

🇧🇯 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. Regional indicator letter B (U+1F1E7)
2. Regional indicator letter J (U+1F1EF)

## How to type 🇧🇯

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “Benin”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “Benin”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “Benin”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “Benin”.
- GitHub: Type :benin: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | Bandera: Benín | Bandera |
| Français (fr) | drapeau : Bénin | drapeau |
| Deutsch (de) | Flagge: Benin | Flagge |
| Italiano (it) | bandiera: Benin | bandiera |
| Português (pt) | bandeira: Benin | bandeira |
| Nederlands (nl) | vlag: Benin | vlag |
| Svenska (sv) | flagga: Benin | flagga |
| Polski (pl) | flaga: Benin | flaga |
| Türkçe (tr) | bayrak: Benin | bayrak |
| Русский (ru) | флаг: Бенин | флаг |
| Українська (uk) | прапор: Бенін | прапор |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σημαία: Μπενίν | σημαία |
| العربية (ar) | علم: بنين | علم |
| עברית (he) | דגל: בנין | דגל |
| فارسی (fa) | پرچم: بنین | پرچم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झंडा: बेनिन | झंडा |
| বাংলা (bn) | পতাকা: বেনিন | পতাকা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bendera: Benin | bendera |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cờ: Benin | cờ |
| ไทย (th) | ธง: เบนิน | ธง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 旗: ベナン | 旗 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 깃발: 베냉 | 깃발 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 旗: 贝宁 | 旗 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 旗子：貝南 | 旗子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlag: Benin
- Albanian (sq): flamur: Benin
- Amharic (am): ባንዲራ: ቤኒን
- Armenian (hy): դրոշ․ Բենին
- Assamese (as): পতাকা: বেনিন
- Asturian (ast): bandera: Benín
- Azerbaijani (az): bayraq: Benin
- Bashkir (ba): флаг: Бенин
- Basque (eu): Bandera: Benin
- Belarusian (be): Сцяг: Бенін
- Bosnian (bs): zastava: Benin
- Breton (br): banniel : Benin
- Bulgarian (bg): Флаг: Бенин
- Burmese (my): အလံ − ဘီနင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): drapeau : Bénin
- Cantonese (yue): 旗: 貝南
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 旗: 贝南
- Catalan (ca): bandera: Benín
- Chakma (ccp): 𑄙𑄧𑄏: 𑄝𑄬𑄚𑄨𑄚𑄴
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏓᏗ: ᏆᏂᎢᏂ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 旗子：貝寧
- Chuvash (cv): ялав: Бенин
- Croatian (hr): zastava: Benin
- Czech (cs): vlajka: Benin
- Estonian (et): lipp: Benin
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): bandeira: Benim
- Faroese (fo): Flagg: Benin
- Filipino (fil): bandila: Benin
- Finnish (fi): lippu: Benin
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤼𞤵𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢𞤤: 𞤄𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤲
- Galician (gl): bandeira: Benín
- Georgian (ka): დროშა: ბენინი
- Gujarati (gu): ઝંડો: બેનિન
- Hausa (ha): tuta: Binin
- Hungarian (hu): zászló: Benin
- Icelandic (is): fáni: Benín
- Interlingua (ia): bandiera: Benin
- Irish (ga): bratach: Beinin
- Javanese (jv): gendera: Benin
- Kabyle (kab): anay: Binin
- Kannada (kn): ಧ್ವಜ: ಬೆನಿನ್
- Kazakh (kk): ту: Бенин
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۋ: بەنين
- Khmer (km): ទីង់: បេណាំង
- Konkani (kok): बावटो: बेनीन
- Kurdish (ku): ala: Bênîn
- Kyrgyz (ky): желек: Бенин
- Lao (lo): ທຸງ: ເບນິນ
- Latvian (lv): karogs: Benina
- Ligurian (lij): bandea: Benin
- Lithuanian (lt): vėliava: Beninas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chórgoj: Benin
- Macedonian (mk): знаме: Бенин
- Malay (ms): bendera: Benin
- Malayalam (ml): പതാക: ബെനിൻ
- Marathi (mr): ध्वज: बेनिन
- Mongolian (mn): туг: Бенин
- Māori (mi): haki: Penīna
- Nepali (ne): झण्डा: बेनिन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Flag: Binin
- Norwegian (no): flagg: Benin
- Occitan (oc): bandièra: Benin
- Odia (or): ପତାକା: ବେନିନ୍
- Pashto (ps): بيرغ: بینن
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੰਡਾ: ਬੇਨਿਨ
- Romanian (ro): steag: Benin
- Romansh (rm): bandiera: Benin
- Santali (sat): ᱪᱤᱨ: ᱵᱮᱱᱤᱱ
- Sardinian (sc): bandera: Benin
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bratach: Beinin
- Serbian (sr): застава: Бенин
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zastava: Benin
- Shan (shn): ၸွမ်ပိဝ်: ပႄႇၼိၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): جهنڊو: بينن
- Sinhala (si): කොඩිය: බෙනින්
- Slovak (sk): zástava: Benin
- Slovenian (sl): zastava: Benin
- Somali (so): calan: Biniin
- Swahili (sw): bendera: Benini
- Tamil (ta): கொடி: பெனின்
- Telugu (te): పతాకం: బెనిన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ባንዴራ፦ ቤኒን
- Tongan (to): fuka: Penini
- Turkmen (tk): baýdak: Benin
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): chorhojčka: Benin
- Urdu (ur): پرچم: بینن
- Uzbek (uz): bayroq: Benin
- Welsh (cy): baner: Benin
- Yoruba (yo): filaagi: Bẹ̀nẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): filaagi: Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): ifulegi: i-Benin

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F1E7 U+1F1EF` |
| HTML | `🇧🇯` |
| CSS | `\1F1E7\1F1EF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F1E7}\u{1F1EF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F1E7\U0001F1EF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 87 A7 F0 9F 87 AF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DDE7 D83C DDEF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AF` |

## Questions

### What does the 🇧🇯 Benin flag emoji mean?

The flag of Benin. People use it to stand for Benin in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

### How do I type the 🇧🇯 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “Benin”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :benin:.

### When was the 🇧🇯 emoji added?

🇧🇯 was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🇧🇯?

U+1F1E7 U+1F1EF. In HTML you can write 🇧🇯, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F1E7}\u{1F1EF}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/benin-flag-emoji