Incoming envelope Emoji

Objects

A white envelope featuring a downward-pointing arrow, indicating that a piece of mail is currently arriving. The design suggests motion and the active delivery of a message.

Usage Context

Used to notify someone that a message has arrived or to acknowledge the receipt of an email. It is frequently paired with the 📩 (envelope with arrow) or the 📧 (e-mail) to manage digital correspondence and organize notification alerts.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji traces its roots back to early mobile messaging systems. The arrow design was implemented to help users distinguish between sending outgoing mail and receiving new notifications within cramped, high-density terminal interfaces.

Details

Glyph

📨

Unicode

U+1F4E8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4e8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCE8;

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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