# ✉️ Envelope emoji

✉️ Envelope is an emoji in the mail set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: e-mail, email and letter.

- Emoji: ✉️
- Unicode name: envelope
- Code points: U+2709 U+FE0F
- Category: Objects, Mail
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :envelope:
- Keywords: e-mail, email, envelope, letter
- Page: https://emojichart.com/envelope-emoji

## What it means

Sealed and ready to send, an envelope stands for mail, letters and messages. It appears with email, invitations, correspondence and contact information, or when someone is sending a message.

## How to type ✉️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “envelope”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “envelope”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “envelope”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “envelope”.
- GitHub: Type :envelope: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | sobre | carta, correo, sobre |
| Français (fr) | enveloppe | courrier électronique, e-mail, enveloppe, lettre, message |
| Deutsch (de) | Briefumschlag | Brief, Briefumschlag, E-Mail |
| Italiano (it) | busta | busta, comunicazione, corrispondenza, email, lettera, posta, ricevere posta |
| Português (pt) | envelope | carta, correspondência, e-mail, email, envelope |
| Nederlands (nl) | envelop | brief, e-mail, envelop, mail |
| Svenska (sv) | kuvert | brev, e-post, e-postmeddelande, kuvert, mail, mejl |
| Polski (pl) | koperta | e-mail, email, koperta, list, mail, wiadomość |
| Türkçe (tr) | zarf | e-mail, e-posta, mektup, zarf |
| Русский (ru) | конверт | конверт, письмо, почта, сообщение, электронное |
| Українська (uk) | конверт | електронний, емейл, конверт, лист, пошта |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φάκελος | e-mail, email, γράμμα, μέιλ, φάκελος |
| العربية (ar) | ظرف | ايميل, بريد إلكتروني, رسالة, ظرف |
| עברית (he) | מעטפה | אימייל, דוא״ל, דואר, דואר אלקטרוני, מכתב, מעטפה |
| فارسی (fa) | پاکت نامه | ایمیل, پاکت نامه, نامه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | लिफ़ाफ़ा | ईमेल, मेल, लिफ़ाफ़ा |
| বাংলা (bn) | খাম | ই-মেল, ইমেল, খাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | amplop | amplop, email, surat |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phong bì | email, phong bì, thư |
| ไทย (th) | ซองจดหมาย | จดหมาย, ซองจดหมาย, อีเมล |
| 日本語 (ja) | 封筒 | Eメール, メール, 封筒, 手紙, 郵便, 電子メール |
| 한국어 (ko) | 봉투 | 봉투, 이메일, 편지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 信封 | 信件, 信封, 信息, 来信, 电子邮件, 电邮, 邮件 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 郵件 | 信, 信封, 郵件 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): koevert
- Akan (ak): ԑmflԑpo
- Albanian (sq): zarf
- Amharic (am): ኤንቨሎፕ
- Armenian (hy): ծրար
- Assamese (as): লেফাফা
- Azerbaijani (az): zərf
- Bashkir (ba): конверт
- Basque (eu): gutun-azal
- Belarusian (be): канверт
- Bosnian (bs): koverta
- Breton (br): golo-lizher
- Bulgarian (bg): плик
- Burmese (my): စာအိတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 信封
- Catalan (ca): sobre
- Cherokee (chr): ᎪᏪᎵ ᎠᎸᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): конверт
- Croatian (hr): omotnica
- Czech (cs): obálka
- Danish (da): konvolut
- Estonian (et): ümbrik
- Faroese (fo): brævbjálvi
- Filipino (fil): sobre
- Finnish (fi): kirjekuori
- Galician (gl): sobre
- Georgian (ka): კონვერტი
- Gujarati (gu): પરબીડિયું
- Hausa (ha): ambulo
- Hungarian (hu): boríték
- Icelandic (is): umslag
- Igbo (ig): emvelop
- Irish (ga): clúdach litreach
- Javanese (jv): amplop
- Kalaallisut (kl): konvolut
- Kannada (kn): ಲಕೋಟೆ
- Kazakh (kk): конверт
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): حات قاپ
- Khmer (km): ស្រោមសំបុត្រ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibahasha
- Konkani (kok): एन्वालॉप
- Kyrgyz (ky): конверт
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’oltz’ib’wuj
- Lao (lo): ຊອງຈົດໝາຍ
- Latvian (lv): aploksne
- Lithuanian (lt): vokas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): listowa wobalka
- Luxembourgish (lb): Enveloppe
- Macedonian (mk): плик
- Malay (ms): sampul surat
- Malayalam (ml): എൻവലപ്പ്
- Maltese (mt): envelop
- Marathi (mr): लिफाफा
- Mongolian (mn): дугтуй
- Māori (mi): kōpaki
- Nepali (ne): खाम
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹ́nvẹ́lop
- Northern Sotho (nso): omfolopo
- Norwegian (no): konvolutt
- Odia (or): ଲଫାଫା
- Oromo (om): poostaa
- Pashto (ps): پاکټ
- Punjabi (pa): ਲਿਫਾਫ਼ਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): لفافہ
- Quechua (qu): karta
- Romanian (ro): plic
- Romansh (rm): cuverta
- Sardinian (sc): busta
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cèis-litreach
- Serbian (sr): коверта
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): koverta
- Shan (shn): ထူင်လိၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): لفافو
- Sinhala (si): ලියුම් කවරය
- Slovak (sk): obálka
- Slovenian (sl): ovojnica
- Somali (so): baqshad
- Swahili (sw): bahasha
- Tajik (tg): лифофа
- Tamil (ta): கடித உறை
- Telugu (te): ఎన్వలప్
- Tigrinya (ti): መዐሸጊ
- Tongan (to): sila
- Tswana (tn): enfelopo
- Turkmen (tk): bukja
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): listowa wobalka
- Urdu (ur): لفافہ
- Uyghur (ug): كونۋېرت
- Uzbek (uz): konvert
- Welsh (cy): amlen
- Wolof (wo): mbaru-bataaxal
- Xhosa (xh): imvulophu
- Yoruba (yo): àpò ìwé
- Zulu (zu): imvilophu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2709 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `✉️` |
| CSS | `\2709\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2709}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2709\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C 89 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2709 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%89%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ✉️ envelope emoji mean?

Sealed and ready to send, an envelope stands for mail, letters and messages. It appears with email, invitations, correspondence and contact information, or when someone is sending a message.

### How do I type the ✉️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “envelope”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :envelope:.

### When was the ✉️ emoji added?

✉️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ✉️?

U+2709 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ✉️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2709}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/envelope-emoji