Closed mailbox with raised flag Emoji

Objects

A classic suburban-style mailbox featuring a closed door and a bright red flag standing upright. The raised flag serves as a visual signal that outgoing mail has been placed inside for the postal carrier to collect.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to notify someone that an email or message is waiting for them. Because the flag is raised, it specifically implies that the sender has completed an action, like hitting 'send' or dropping a physical letter in the post, making it a perfect partner for the 📩 or 📧 emojis.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design reflects the traditional US-style roadside mailbox. Its inclusion in early mobile sets acknowledged the transition from physical letter-writing to the digital 'inbox' culture that defined the rise of early webmail services like Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

Details

Glyph

📫

Unicode

U+1F4EB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4eb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCEB;

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository