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Incoming envelope

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
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory mail
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
incoming envelopeemailinboxcommunicationfastletterlinesmailreceivemessage alertnotificationpostdelivery

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 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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