📫 is the Unicode emoji CLOSED MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG, code point U+1F4EB (decimal 128235) in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write 📫, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 93 AB.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F4EB |
| Decimal | 128235 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 AB |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DCEB |
| UTF-32 | 0001F4EB |
| HTML decimal | 📫 |
| HTML hex | 📫 |
| CSS | \1F4EB |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4EB} or \uD83D\uDCEB |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDCEB |
| Python | \U0001F4EB |
| Python by name | \N{CLOSED MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDCEB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F4EB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F4EB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%93%AB |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "📫".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | CLOSED MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG |
| Emoji name | closed mailbox with raised flag |
| Code point | U+1F4EB (decimal 128235) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (U+1F300–U+1F5FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
- 📣 U+1F4E3 Megaphone
- 📤 U+1F4E4 Outbox tray
- 📥 U+1F4E5 Inbox tray
- 📦 U+1F4E6 Package
- 📧 U+1F4E7 E-mail
- 📨 U+1F4E8 Incoming envelope
- 📩 U+1F4E9 Envelope with arrow
- 📪 U+1F4EA Closed mailbox with lowered flag
- 📬 U+1F4EC Open mailbox with raised flag
- 📭 U+1F4ED Open mailbox with lowered flag
- 📮 U+1F4EE Postbox
- 📯 U+1F4EF Postal horn
- 📰 U+1F4F0 Newspaper
- 📱 U+1F4F1 Mobile phone
- 📲 U+1F4F2 Mobile phone with arrow
- 📳 U+1F4F3 Vibration mode
All 768 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 📫?
- Use 📫 (decimal) or 📫 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F4EB?
- F0 9F 93 AB (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%93%AB.
- How do I write U+1F4EB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F4EB} or \uD83D\uDCEB. Python: \U0001F4EB.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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