A small bag carried by women, typically used for carrying personal items.

A small bag carried by women, typically used for carrying personal items. Emoji

Objects

A classic leather handbag with a sturdy handle and a buckle closure. This icon represents a standard personal carry-all used for storing everyday essentials like a wallet, keys, and makeup.

Usage Context

Used to discuss shopping trips, fashion choices, or luxury goods. It is frequently paired with 🛍️ to signal a day out at the mall or 👠 when describing an outfit for a formal event.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the handbag emoji reflects the transition of traditional physical accessories into digital shorthand. Its design was modeled after mid-20th-century silhouettes that became iconic in department store catalogs and early fashion-oriented internet blogs.

Details

Glyph
👜
Unicode
U+1F45C
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f45c:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory clothing
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
handbagfashionaccessoryaccessoriesshoppingbagclothingpursewomen’sleathertoteluxury

Microsoft Fluent License

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