U+1F582 "🖂" Back of Envelope Unicode Character

U+1F582 "🖂" Back of Envelope is a typographic symbol that depicts a stylized envelope viewed from the reverse side, often showing a blank or sealed flap face rather than the front address panel. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and was added to the Unicode Standard in version 7.0, released in 2014. This character is primarily used in digital communication and computing contexts to represent correspondence, secret messages, or the concept of a note written on scrap paper, distinct from the more common front-facing envelope emoji. Its design implies spontaneity or informality, as if the message was jotted down on the back of an envelope rather than on formal stationery.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F582
Version Added	7.0
Name	Back of 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 0x96 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDD82
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F582
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udd82

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other