U+1F4EB "📫" Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
📫
U+1F4EB "📫" Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag is a pictographic representation of a mailbox with its door closed and a small flag raised upward, typically indicating that outgoing mail is inside and ready for collection. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is commonly used in digital communication to symbolize the act of sending a message or the presence of pending correspondence. Its design can vary slightly across different platforms and operating systems, but the core visual of a red or blue box with a raised flag remains consistent, making it a widely recognized icon for postal and messaging functions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F4EB |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag |
| 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 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDCEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F4EB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udceb |