U+1F9E7 "🧧" Red Gift Envelope Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1F9E7 "🧧" Red Gift Envelope is a digital representation of the traditional red envelope, or hongbao, used extensively in Chinese and other East Asian cultures during celebrations like Lunar New Year, weddings, and birthdays. This envelope is customarily filled with money as a symbol of good luck, prosperity, and warding off evil spirits, with the red color itself representing fortune and happiness. In digital communication, the emoji is often used to convey wishes for wealth, festive greetings, or the act of giving a monetary gift, serving as a convenient icon for these longstanding cultural practices.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1F9E7
Name
Red Gift Envelope
Emoji Properties
Emoji Sequence Type
Basic Emoji
Emoji Version
Emoji 11.0
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
🧧
HTML Hex Encoding
🧧
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83E 0xDDE7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F9E7
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83e\udde7
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common