Meaning
A closed mailbox with its flag raised, often used to represent outgoing mail or postal deliveries.
Category: Objects
📫️closed mailbox with raised flag
📫️ closed mailbox with raised flag belongs to Objects. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:mailbox:
Keywords
closedcommunicationflagmailmailboxpostboxraisedclosed mailbox with raised flag
What does 📫️ closed mailbox with raised flag mean?
This emoji depicts a traditional mailbox with its signal flag raised. The flag's meaning varies by region: in the United States, it commonly signals that mail has been delivered, while in other contexts, it indicates outgoing mail is ready for pickup. It is used to represent sending or receiving physical mail, or more broadly, dispatching a message.
Often used for
- Mentioning sending out letters or packages
- Talking about paying bills via mail
- Discussing postal workers or mail delivery
- Referring to traditional communication methods
Tone: The tone is generally neutral and practical. It is mostly used literally, though it can occasionally represent the concept of communication or sending a message in a broader sense.
📫️ in real messages
- just dropped the rent check in the box 📫️
- leaving the outgoing mail out for the carrier 📫️
- i love sending actual letters, it's so much better than texts 📫️
- did the mailman come yet? 📫️
- put the bills in the mailbox so they go out tomorrow 📫️
How 📫️ closed mailbox with raised flag looks
Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.
OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
📫️ closed mailbox with raised flag codes for developers
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| Emoji | 📫️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F4EB U+FE0F | |
| HTML (decimal) | 📫️ | |
| HTML (hex) | 📫️ | |
| CSS | \1F4EB\FE0F | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4EB}\u{FE0F} | |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDCEB\uFE0F | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%93%AB%EF%B8%8F | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :mailbox: |
📫️ in other languages
Spanishbuzón cerrado con la bandera levantadaFrenchboîte aux lettres fermée drapeau levéGermangeschlossener Briefkasten mit PostItaliancassetta postale chiusa bandierina alzataPortuguesecaixa de correio fechada com bandeira levantadaRussianзакрытый почтовый ящик с поднятым флажкомJapanese閉じた郵便受け（手紙あり）Korean표지가 올라간 닫힌 우편함Chinese有待收信件Lithuanianuždaryta pašto dėžutė su pakelta vėliavaPolishzamknięta skrzynka pocztowa z podniesioną flagą
Source: Unicode CLDR
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