Emoji Chart
📮U+1F4EE

Postbox emoji

Letters get dropped into this street-side postbox to be mailed. Sending mail, post offices and letters come to mind, and it appears when someone is mailing something, posting a letter or talking about the postal system.

Unicode name
postbox
Category
Objects, Mail
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F4EE
Shortcode
:postbox:
Keywords
mail, mailbox, postbox

How it looks

📮
Your device
Postbox emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Postbox emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Postbox emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 📮

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolbuzónbuzón, cartas, correo
Françaisboîte aux lettresboîte aux lettres, courrier, poste
DeutschBriefkastenBrief, Briefkasten, Post
Italianocassetta delle letterebuca delle lettere, c’è posta per te, cassetta delle lettere, inviare, lettera, posta, poste, ricevere, spedire
Portuguêscaixa de correiocaixa, carta, correio, correspondência, enviar
Nederlandsbrievenbusbrief posten, brievenbus, brievenbus met brief, post, postbus
Svenskapostlådabrevlåda, postlåda
Polskiskrzynka na listylisty, na listy, pocztowa, skrzynka
Türkçeposta kutusuposta, posta kutusu
Русскийпочтовый ящиккорреспонденция, почта, почтовый, ящик
Українськапоштова скринькапошта, поштова скринька, скринька
Ελληνικάγραμματοκιβώτιο ταχυδρομείουγραμματοκιβώτιο, γραμματοκιβώτιο ταχυδρομείου, επιστολή
العربيةصندوق بريدبريد, صندوق بريد
עבריתתיבת דוארדואר, מכתב, תיבת דואר
فارسیصندوق پستپست, صندوق پست, صندوق پستی
हिन्दीपोस्ट बॉक्सडाक, पोस्ट बॉक्स, मेल, मेलबॉक्स
বাংলাপোস্টবক্সপোস্টবক্স, মেল, মেলবাক্স
Bahasa Indonesiakotak poskotak pos, kotak surat, surat
Tiếng Việthòm thưhòm thư, hộp thư, thư
ไทยตู้ไปรษณีย์กล่องจดหมาย, ตู้ไปรษณีย์
日本語郵便ポストポスト, 手紙, 郵便, 郵便ポスト, 郵便箱
한국어우편함우체국, 우체통, 우편함, 편지
中文(简体)邮筒信, 信箱, 寄信, 邮筒, 邮箱
中文(繁體)信箱信箱, 郵件, 郵箱
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaansposbus
Akanamanedeɛ adaka
Albaniankuti postare
Amharicፖስታ ሳጥን
Armenianփոստատուփ
Assameseপ’ষ্টবক্স
Azerbaijanipoçt qutusu
Bashkirпочта йәшниге
Basquepostontzia
Belarusianпаштовая скрынка
Bosnianpoštansko sanduče
Bretonboest-lizheroù ar post
Bulgarianпощенска кутия
Burmeseစာတိုက်ပုံး
Cantonese郵箱
Cantonese (Simplified)邮箱
Catalanbústia
CherokeeᎪᏪᎵ ᎧᏁᏌ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)郵筒
Chuvashпуштӑ йешчӗкӗ
Croatianpoštanski sandučić
Czechpoštovní schránka
Danishpostkasse
Estonianpostkast
Faroesepostkassi
Filipinohulugan ng sulat
Finnishpostilaatikko
Galiciancaixa de correo
Georgianსაფოსტო ყუთი
Gujaratiપોસ્ટબૉક્સ
Hausaakwatin wasiƙa
Hungarianpostaláda
Icelandicpóstkassi
Igboigbeozi
Irishbosca poist
Javanesekothak pos
Kalaallisutpostkasse
Kannadaಪೋಸ್ಟ್‌ಬಾಕ್ಸ್
Kazakhпошта жәшігі
Kazakh (Arabic)پوشتا جاشىگى
Khmerប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍
Kinyarwandaagasanduku k’iposita
Konkaniपोस्टबॉक्स
Kyrgyzпочта кутусу
KʼicheʼK’olib’al taqoqxa’n
Laoກ່ອງໄປສະນີ
Latvianpastkaste
Lithuanianpašto dėžutė
Lower Sorbianlistowy kašćik
LuxembourgishBréifboîte
Macedonianпоштенско сандаче
Malaypeti pos
Malayalamതപാൽ പെട്ടി
Maltesekaxxa tal-ittri
Marathiपोस्टबॉक्स
Mongolianшуудангийн хайрцаг
Māoripouaka poutāpeta
Nepaliपोस्टबक्स
Nigerian PidginPóstbọks
Northern Sotholepokisi la poso
Norwegianpostkasse
Odiaପୋଷ୍ଟବାକ୍ସ
Oromosabduuqa poostaa
Pashtoپوسته بکسه
Punjabiਪੋਸਟਬਾਕਸ
Punjabi (Arabic)پوسٹ باکس
Quechuachaski churana
Romaniancutie poștală
Romanshchascha da posta
Sardiniancassita de sas lìteras
Scottish Gaelicbogsa-puist
Serbianпоштанско сандуче
Serbian (Latin)poštansko sanduče
Shanတိူၵ်ႈသူင်ႇလိၵ်ႈ
Sindhiپوسٽ باڪس
Sinhalaතැපැල් පෙට්ටිය
Slovakpoštová schránka
Slovenianpoštni nabiralnik
Somalisanduuq boosto
Swahilisanduku la barua
Tajikқуттии почта
Tamilதபால் பெட்டி
Teluguపోస్ట్ బాక్స్
Tigrinyaሳጹን ፖስታ
Tonganpuha lītohi
Tswanalebokoso la poso
Turkmenpoçta gutusy
Upper Sorbianlistowy kašćik
Urduپوسٹ باکس
Uyghurپوچتا ساندۇقى
Uzbekpochta qutisi
Welshblwch post
Wolofboyetu-leetar
Xhosaibhokisi yeposi
Yorubaapoti ifigba iwe iranṣẹ
Yoruba (Benin)apoti ifigba iwe iranshɛ
Zuluibhokisi leposi

Codes

Code points
U+1F4EE
HTML
📮
CSS
\1F4EE
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F4EE}
Python
\U0001F4EE
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 93 AE
UTF-16
D83D DCEE
URL encoded
%F0%9F%93%AE

Questions

What does the 📮 postbox emoji mean?

Letters get dropped into this street-side postbox to be mailed. Sending mail, post offices and letters come to mind, and it appears when someone is mailing something, posting a letter or talking about the postal system.

How do I type the 📮 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “postbox”. 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 :postbox:.

When was the 📮 emoji added?

📮 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 📮?

U+1F4EE. In HTML you can write 📮, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4EE}.

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