# 📮 Postbox emoji

📮 Postbox is an emoji in the mail set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: mail and mailbox.

- Emoji: 📮
- Unicode name: postbox
- Code points: U+1F4EE
- Category: Objects, Mail
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :postbox:
- Keywords: mail, mailbox, postbox
- Page: https://emojichart.com/postbox-emoji

## What it means

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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | buzón | buzón, cartas, correo |
| Français (fr) | boîte aux lettres | boîte aux lettres, courrier, poste |
| Deutsch (de) | Briefkasten | Brief, Briefkasten, Post |
| Italiano (it) | cassetta delle lettere | buca delle lettere, c’è posta per te, cassetta delle lettere, inviare, lettera, posta, poste, ricevere, spedire |
| Português (pt) | caixa de correio | caixa, carta, correio, correspondência, enviar |
| Nederlands (nl) | brievenbus | brief posten, brievenbus, brievenbus met brief, post, postbus |
| Svenska (sv) | postlåda | brevlåda, postlåda |
| Polski (pl) | skrzynka na listy | listy, na listy, pocztowa, skrzynka |
| Türkçe (tr) | posta kutusu | posta, posta kutusu |
| Русский (ru) | почтовый ящик | корреспонденция, почта, почтовый, ящик |
| Українська (uk) | поштова скринька | пошта, поштова скринька, скринька |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γραμματοκιβώτιο ταχυδρομείου | γραμματοκιβώτιο, γραμματοκιβώτιο ταχυδρομείου, επιστολή |
| العربية (ar) | صندوق بريد | بريد, صندوق بريد |
| עברית (he) | תיבת דואר | דואר, מכתב, תיבת דואר |
| فارسی (fa) | صندوق پست | پست, صندوق پست, صندوق پستی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पोस्ट बॉक्स | डाक, पोस्ट बॉक्स, मेल, मेलबॉक्स |
| বাংলা (bn) | পোস্টবক্স | পোস্টবক্স, মেল, মেলবাক্স |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kotak pos | kotak pos, kotak surat, surat |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hòm thư | hòm thư, hộp thư, thư |
| ไทย (th) | ตู้ไปรษณีย์ | กล่องจดหมาย, ตู้ไปรษณีย์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 郵便ポスト | ポスト, 手紙, 郵便, 郵便ポスト, 郵便箱 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 우편함 | 우체국, 우체통, 우편함, 편지 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 邮筒 | 信, 信箱, 寄信, 邮筒, 邮箱 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 信箱 | 信箱, 郵件, 郵箱 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): posbus
- Akan (ak): amanedeɛ adaka
- Albanian (sq): kuti postare
- Amharic (am): ፖስታ ሳጥን
- Armenian (hy): փոստատուփ
- Assamese (as): প’ষ্টবক্স
- Azerbaijani (az): poçt qutusu
- Bashkir (ba): почта йәшниге
- Basque (eu): postontzia
- Belarusian (be): паштовая скрынка
- Bosnian (bs): poštansko sanduče
- Breton (br): boest-lizheroù ar post
- Bulgarian (bg): пощенска кутия
- Burmese (my): စာတိုက်ပုံး
- Cantonese (yue): 郵箱
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 邮箱
- Catalan (ca): bústia
- Cherokee (chr): ᎪᏪᎵ ᎧᏁᏌ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 郵筒
- Chuvash (cv): пуштӑ йешчӗкӗ
- Croatian (hr): poštanski sandučić
- Czech (cs): poštovní schránka
- Danish (da): postkasse
- Estonian (et): postkast
- Faroese (fo): postkassi
- Filipino (fil): hulugan ng sulat
- Finnish (fi): postilaatikko
- Galician (gl): caixa de correo
- Georgian (ka): საფოსტო ყუთი
- Gujarati (gu): પોસ્ટબૉક્સ
- Hausa (ha): akwatin wasiƙa
- Hungarian (hu): postaláda
- Icelandic (is): póstkassi
- Igbo (ig): igbeozi
- Irish (ga): bosca poist
- Javanese (jv): kothak pos
- Kalaallisut (kl): postkasse
- Kannada (kn): ಪೋಸ್ಟ್‌ಬಾಕ್ಸ್
- Kazakh (kk): пошта жәшігі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): پوشتا جاشىگى
- Khmer (km): ប្រអប់ប្រៃសណីយ៍
- Kinyarwanda (rw): agasanduku k’iposita
- Konkani (kok): पोस्टबॉक्स
- Kyrgyz (ky): почта кутусу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): K’olib’al taqoqxa’n
- Lao (lo): ກ່ອງໄປສະນີ
- Latvian (lv): pastkaste
- Lithuanian (lt): pašto dėžutė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): listowy kašćik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Bréifboîte
- Macedonian (mk): поштенско сандаче
- Malay (ms): peti pos
- Malayalam (ml): തപാൽ പെട്ടി
- Maltese (mt): kaxxa tal-ittri
- Marathi (mr): पोस्टबॉक्स
- Mongolian (mn): шуудангийн хайрцаг
- Māori (mi): pouaka poutāpeta
- Nepali (ne): पोस्टबक्स
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Póstbọks
- Northern Sotho (nso): lepokisi la poso
- Norwegian (no): postkasse
- Odia (or): ପୋଷ୍ଟବାକ୍ସ
- Oromo (om): sabduuqa poostaa
- Pashto (ps): پوسته بکسه
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੋਸਟਬਾਕਸ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پوسٹ باکس
- Quechua (qu): chaski churana
- Romanian (ro): cutie poștală
- Romansh (rm): chascha da posta
- Sardinian (sc): cassita de sas lìteras
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bogsa-puist
- Serbian (sr): поштанско сандуче
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): poštansko sanduče
- Shan (shn): တိူၵ်ႈသူင်ႇလိၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): پوسٽ باڪس
- Sinhala (si): තැපැල් පෙට්ටිය
- Slovak (sk): poštová schránka
- Slovenian (sl): poštni nabiralnik
- Somali (so): sanduuq boosto
- Swahili (sw): sanduku la barua
- Tajik (tg): қуттии почта
- Tamil (ta): தபால் பெட்டி
- Telugu (te): పోస్ట్ బాక్స్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሳጹን ፖስታ
- Tongan (to): puha lītohi
- Tswana (tn): lebokoso la poso
- Turkmen (tk): poçta gutusy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): listowy kašćik
- Urdu (ur): پوسٹ باکس
- Uyghur (ug): پوچتا ساندۇقى
- Uzbek (uz): pochta qutisi
- Welsh (cy): blwch post
- Wolof (wo): boyetu-leetar
- Xhosa (xh): ibhokisi yeposi
- Yoruba (yo): apoti ifigba iwe iranṣẹ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): apoti ifigba iwe iranshɛ
- Zulu (zu): ibhokisi leposi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/postbox-emoji