Open mailbox with raised flag Emoji

Objects

A yellow or orange mailbox featuring an open slot and a red flag standing upright. The raised flag indicates that there is outgoing mail waiting to be collected by a postal worker.

Usage Context

Used to signal that you have sent an email, are waiting for a reply, or are alerting someone to check their inbox. It acts as a digital counterpart to the e-mail icon and is often used to denote incoming notifications or completed messages.

History

This design draws directly from the classic curbside mailboxes found across the United States. It was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help bridge the gap between traditional physical post office imagery and the rise of digital messaging systems.

Details

Glyph

📬

Unicode

U+1F4EC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4ec:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCEC;

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