🇰🇭 flag: Cambodia Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Cambodia Emoji 🇰🇭 Mean?

Blue, red (double-width), and blue layer horizontally, with a white silhouette of the iconic Angkor Wat temple in the center red band. Blue represents the country, the royalty, and friendship; red stands for the nation and bravery; the white temple symbolizes the nation's heritage and religion (originally Hindu, then Buddhist). Cambodia is the only national flag depicting a building.

First used in 1948, the current version was readopted in 1993 after the restoration of the constitutional monarchy. The emoji shows up during Independence Day (November 9), Khmer New Year (April), and Angkor-temple-tour posts. Travelers tag it with Angkor Wat sunrise shots, the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, and Tonle Sap floating-village photos.

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from KH, it pairs with temple, monk, and rice emojis. The Cambodian diaspora across the US (Long Beach, Lowell) and France uses it during heritage events. The flag has been redesigned several times during the Khmer Rouge era, the Vietnamese-installed government, and the UN transition, with the current monarchy-era version returning in 1993.

Apsara dance, Khmer cuisine, and Buddhist monastic traditions feature in flag-tagged content.