U+1F584 "🖄" Envelope with Lightning Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

🖄
Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+1F584 "🖄" Envelope with Lightning is a symbolic representation of a sealed letter struck by a lightning bolt, often interpreted as a sign of urgent, shocking, or electrifying communication. Part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and added to Unicode in version 7.0 in 2014, this character blends the familiar imagery of an envelope with the dramatic energy of lightning, suggesting a message that is immediate, disruptive, or fraught with sudden revelation. Its use is typically metaphorical rather than literal, appearing in digital contexts to convey breaking news, startling information, or a need for swift attention.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
🖄
HTML Hex Encoding
🖄
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83D 0xDD84
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F584
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83d\udd84