Envelope Emoji

Objects

A classic white paper envelope sealed with a small blue or red chevron, showing the back of the paper fold. It represents physical mail, post, or digital messages sent through a network.

Usage Context

Used to signal the arrival of a message, represent the act of sending an email, or indicate a postal service. It acts as a digital signifier for inbox notifications, often appearing alongside 📧 or 📩 to denote different states of correspondence.

History

Included in the original Unicode 1.1 set in 1993, the envelope became one of the most recognizable icons of the early internet age. It drew inspiration from the physical airmail and standard postal envelopes that defined business communication for decades before digital messaging took over.

Details

Glyph

✉

Unicode

U+2709

Shortcode

:emoji_u2709:

HTML Entity

✉

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory mail

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository