flag Singapore emoji

Description

The flag of Singapore is a bicolour of red and white, with a white crescent and five white stars in the upper hoist side. The red field represents the universal brotherhood and equality of men, the white field represents purity and virtue, the white crescent represents the young nation on the rise, and the five white stars represent the nation's ideals of democracy, progress, peace, justice, and equality.

The flag of Singapore was adopted in 1959, the year the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. The flag is designed to be simple and easy to remember, and it reflects the country's multicultural heritage. The red and white colors are the Pan-Malaysian colors, and the white crescent and five white stars are the symbols of Islam and the five main ethnic groups of Singapore, respectively.

Unicode details

• Code point: 1F1F8 1F1EC
• Unicode name: flag Singapore
• Category: Flags
• Subcategory: country-flag