Closed mailbox with lowered flag Emoji

Objects

A blue or grey mailbox depicted in a closed position with its red signal flag pointing downward. This icon signifies that there is no outgoing mail waiting to be collected, or that the receiver has already been checked.

Usage Context

This is primarily used to signal that someone has finished checking their inbox, has no new updates, or is finished with a correspondence task. It serves as the direct opposite of the 📬 or 📫 icons, which imply that an action or a delivery is pending.

History

Included in the Unicode 6.0 release in 2010, this design reflects the traditional roadside mailboxes found in the United States, where the flag acts as a physical signal for postal carriers. It was adapted for digital interfaces to represent the state of electronic message queues.

Details

Glyph

📪

Unicode

U+1F4EA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4ea:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCEA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory mail

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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.

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