U+1F4E8 "📨" Incoming Envelope Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
📨
U+1F4E8 "📨" Incoming Envelope is a pictographic representation of an envelope with an arrow pointing downward and inward towards its front, symbolizing a message or mail that has been received rather than sent. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is often used in digital communication to indicate an incoming email, notification, or new message. The design typically shows a white envelope with a red or blue arrow, though the exact appearance can vary across different platforms and operating systems. This character serves as a visual shorthand for receiving correspondence in texting, social media, and email interfaces, adding a clear and immediate contextual cue to written messages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F4E8 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Incoming Envelope |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 📨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 📨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDCE8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F4E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udce8 |