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Closed mailbox with lowered flag

Closed mailbox with lowered flag Emoji

Objects

A blue or grey mailbox depicted in a closed position with its red signal flag pointing downward. This icon signifies that there is no outgoing mail waiting to be collected, or that the receiver has already been checked.

Usage Context

This is primarily used to signal that someone has finished checking their inbox, has no new updates, or is finished with a correspondence task. It serves as the direct opposite of the 📬 or 📫 icons, which imply that an action or a delivery is pending.

History

Included in the Unicode 6.0 release in 2010, this design reflects the traditional roadside mailboxes found in the United States, where the flag acts as a physical signal for postal carriers. It was adapted for digital interfaces to represent the state of electronic message queues.

Details

Glyph
📪
Unicode
U+1F4EA
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4ea:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory mail
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
closed mailboxlowered flagemailcommunicationinboxmailpostboxno mailcheckedpostal service

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.

MIT LicenseFluent Emoji Repository

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