Closed mailbox with raised flag Emoji

Objects

A classic suburban-style mailbox featuring a closed door and a bright red flag standing upright. The raised flag serves as a visual signal that outgoing mail has been placed inside for the postal carrier to collect.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to notify someone that an email or message is waiting for them. Because the flag is raised, it specifically implies that the sender has completed an action, like hitting 'send' or dropping a physical letter in the post, making it a perfect partner for the 📩 or 📧 emojis.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design reflects the traditional US-style roadside mailbox. Its inclusion in early mobile sets acknowledged the transition from physical letter-writing to the digital 'inbox' culture that defined the rise of early webmail services like Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

Details

Glyph

📫

Unicode

U+1F4EB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4eb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCEB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory mail

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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