Postbox emoji 📮
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F4EE
What 📮 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Postbox 📮 is tagged with these keywords: mail, mailbox.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing mail or mailbox in the emoji search brings up 📮.
Postbox 📮 is one of 13 emoji in the mail subgroup of objects (268 emoji), next to 🗳️ ✉️ 📧 📨.
Will 📮 show on my friend's phone?
📮 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 📮
Any emoji picker finds 📮 when you search for postbox.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type postbox.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type postbox in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type postbox.
Codes for developers
Postbox 📮 is a single code point, U+1F4EE. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F4EE | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 📮 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 📮 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F4EE"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4EE} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%93%AE | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 AE |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 📮 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | postbox |
| Português | caixa de correio |
| Español | buzón |
| Italiano | cassetta delle lettere |
| Français | boîte aux lettres |
| Deutsch | Briefkasten |
| Türkçe | posta kutusu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kotak pos |
| Polski | skrzynka na listy |
| Русский | почтовый ящик |
| 日本語 | 郵便ポスト |
| 한국어 | 우편함 |
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All objects emoji →Questions people ask
What does the postbox emoji mean?
Unicode calls 📮 "postbox" and links it with mail, mailbox. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mail subgroup of objects.
When was the postbox emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the postbox emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 📮 when you search for postbox.