U+1F4EB Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag
U+1F4EB was added in Unicode version 6.0 in 2010. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Symbol and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as mailbox containing mail.
The glyph is not a composition. Its East Asian Width is wide. In bidirectional text it acts as Other Neutral. When changing direction it is not mirrored. U+1F4EB offers a line break opportunity at its position, except in some numeric contexts.
The CLDR project calls this character “closed mailbox with raised flag” for use in screen reading software. It assigns these additional labels, e.g. for search in emoji pickers: closed, mail, mailbox, postbox.
This character is designated as an emoji. It will be rendered as colorful emoji on conforming platforms. To reduce it to a monochrome character, you can combine it with
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business. For outgoing mail, post boxes are often used for depositing the mail for collection, although some letter boxes are also capable of holding outgoing mail for a carrier to pick up. Letterboxes or mailboxes use the following primary designs:
- A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered (through-door delivery)
- A box attached directly to the building (direct-to-door delivery)
- A box mounted at or near the street (curbside delivery)
- A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for an entire building also known as a "flock" throughout the South Island of New Zealand and parts of America.
- A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for multiple recipients at multiple addresses in a particular neighborhood or community
Representations
System | Representation |
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Nº | 128235 |
UTF-8 | F0 9F 93 AB |
UTF-16 | D8 3D DC EB |
UTF-32 | 00 01 F4 EB |
URL-Quoted | %F0%9F%93%AB |
HTML hex reference | 📫 |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | 📫 |
alias | mailbox containing mail |
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