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🧧U+1F9E7

Red envelope emoji

A red packet holding money, called a hongbao, given at Lunar New Year, weddings and other celebrations in Chinese and other East and Southeast Asian cultures. It stands for gifts of money, good luck and Lunar New Year greetings.

Unicode name
red envelope
Category
Activities, Events
Added
Emoji 11.0 in 2018
Code points
U+1F9E7
Shortcode
:red_envelope:
Keywords
envelope, gift, good, hóngbāo, lai, luck, money, red, see

How it looks

🧧
Your device
Red envelope emoji in Noto Color Emoji
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Red envelope emoji in Twemoji
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Red envelope emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🧧

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolsobre rojobuena suerte, hóngbāo, lai see, regalo, sobre rojo
Françaisenveloppe rougeargent, bonne chance, cadeau, enveloppe rouge, hóngbāo, lai see
Deutschroter UmschlagGeld, Geschenk, Glück, Hong Bao, Hongbao, roter Umschlag
Italianobusta hongbaobuona fortuna, buono auspicio, busta rossa, busta soldi, denaro, hóngbāo, lai see, regalo, soldi
Portuguêsenvelope vermelhoboa sorte, dinheiro, envelope vermelho, hóngbāo, lai see, presente
Nederlandsrode envelopcadeau, geld, geluk, geschenk, hóngbāo, lai see, rode envelop, rode enveloppe, voorspoed
Svenskarött kuverthóngbāo, lai see, pengar, present, rött kuvert, tur
Polskiczerwona kopertachiny, czerwona koperta, hong bao, hóngbāo, lai see, na szczęście, pieniądze, podarunek, prezent, szczęście, wdzięczność
Türkçekırmızı zarfçin hediyesi, hediye, hóngbāo, iyi şans, iyi şanslar, kırmızı kağıt, kırmızı zarf, lai see, para, uzak doğu, zarf
Русскийкрасный конвертденьги, Китай, конверт, красный, подарок, традиция, удача
Українськачервоний конвертгроші, конверт, лист, на щастя, подарунок, хунбао, червоний конверт
Ελληνικάκόκκινος φάκελοςδώρο, καλή τύχη, κόκκινος φάκελος, λεφτά, χρήματα, χρηματικό δώρο
العربيةظرف أحمر بكتابة صينيةأموال, أنغ بو, ثروة, ثري, حظ, حظ سعيد, ذهب, صين, ظرف أحمر بكتابة صينية, علبة, علبة حمراء, غلاف, غلاف أحمر, غني, فلوس, مصاري, مغلف أحمر, نقود, هدية
עבריתמעטפה אדומהכסף, מזל טוב, מעטפה אדומה, מתנה, סין
فارسیپاکت سرخاقبال, پاکت پول, پاکت سرخ, پاکت قرمز, پول, جشن چینی, خوش شانس, کادو, لای‌سی, هدیه, هونگ بائو
हिन्दीलाल लिफ़ाफ़ाउपहार, किस्मत, गिफ़्ट, चीन, तोहफ़ा, धन, पैसा, भेंट, लाई सी, लाल लिफ़ाफ़ा, लिफ़ाफा, शादी, शुभेच्छा, होंगबाओ
বাংলালাল খামঅর্থ, উপহার, কপাল, ঘুষ, বকশিশ, লাই সি, লাল, লাল খাম, লাল খামে বকশিশ, সৌভাগ্য, হং বাও
Bahasa Indonesiaamplop merahamplop, angpau, baik, beruntung, hadiah, hóngbāo, keberuntungan, merah, uang
Tiếng Việtbao lì xìbao lì xì, chúc may mắn, hồng bao, lì xì, quà tặng, tiền
ไทยอั่งเปาของขวัญ, เงิน, โชคลาภ, ซองแดง, ตรุษจีน, แต๊ะเอีย, อั่งเปา
日本語赤い封筒お年玉, お金, ご祝儀, 幸運, 紅包, 赤い封筒
한국어세뱃돈돈, 돈 봉투, 빨간 봉투, 선물, 세뱃돈, 행운, 현금
中文(简体)红包利事, 利是, 好运, 礼物, 红信封, 红包, 运气, 钱
中文(繁體)紅包利事, 吉利, 壓歲錢, 好兆頭, 好運, 禮物, 禮金, 紅包, 紅包袋, 錢
Names in 84 more languages
Afrikaansrooi koevert
Akanԑmflԑpo kͻkͻͻ
Albanianzarf i kuq
Amharicቀይ ፖስታ
Armenianկարմիր ծրար
Assameseৰঙা লেফাফা
Azerbaijaniqırmızı zərf
Bashkirҡыҙыл конверт
Basquegutun-azal gorri
Belarusianчырвоны канверт
Bosniancrvena koverta
Bretongolo ruz
Bulgarianчервен плик
Burmeseစာအိတ်နီ
Cantonese利是封
Catalansobre vermell
CherokeeᎩᎦᎨ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎠᏍᏚᏙᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)利是
Chuvashхӗрлӗ конверт
Croatiancrvena omotnica
Czechčervená obálka
Danishpengegave
Estonianpunane ümbrik
Faroesereyður brævbjálvi
Filipinoampao
Finnishpunainen kirjekuori
Galiciansobre vermello
Georgianწითელი კონვერტი
Gujaratiલાલ પરબિડીયું
Hausajar ambulan
Hungarianpiros boríték
Icelandicrautt umslag
Igboenvelopu uhie
Irishclúdach litreach dearg
Javaneseang pao
Kannadaಕೆಂಪು ಎನ್ವಲಪ್
Kazakhқызыл конверт
Kazakh (Arabic)قىزىل كونۆەرت
Khmerអាំងប៉ាវ
Konkaniतांबडें एन्वालॉप
Kyrgyzкызыл конверт
Laoຊອງຈົດໝາຍສີແດງ
Latviansarkana aploksne
Lithuanianraudonas vokas
Lower Sorbiancerwjena wobalka
Macedonianцрвен плик
Malayangpau
Malayalamചുവന്ന എൻവെലപ്പ്
Marathiलाल पाकिट
Mongolianбэлэгний улаан дугтуй
Nepaliनिमन्त्रणा
Nigerian PidginRẹ́d Ẹnvẹ́lop
Norwegianrød konvolutt
Norwegian Nynorskraud konvolutt
Odiaନାଲି ଲିଫାଫା
Oromopoostaa diimaa
Pashtoسره لفافه
Punjabiਲਾਲ ਲਿਫ਼ਾਫਾ
Quechuapuka carta
Romanianplic roșu
Romanshbusta cotschna
Sardinianbusta ruja
Scottish Gaeliccèiseag dhearg
Serbianцрвена коверта
Serbian (Latin)crvena koverta
Shanထူင်လိၵ်ႈသီလႅင်
Sindhiڳاڙهو لفافو
Sinhalaරතු ලියුම් කවරය
Slovakčervená obálka
Slovenianrdeča ovojnica
Somalibaqshad gaduudan
Swahilibahasha nyekundu
Tamilசிவப்பு உறை
Teluguరెడ్ ఎన్వలప్
Tigrinyaቀይሕ ፖስታ
Tongansila kulokula
Turkmengyzyl bukja
Upper Sorbiančerwjena wobalka
Urduسرخ لفافہ
Uzbekqizil xatjild
Welshamlen goch
Yorubaakolẹ́tàsí pupa
Yoruba (Benin)akolɛ́tàsí pupa
Zulured envelope

Codes

Code points
U+1F9E7
HTML
🧧
CSS
\1F9E7
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9E7}
Python
\U0001F9E7
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 A7
UTF-16
D83E DDE7
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%A7

Questions

What does the 🧧 red envelope emoji mean?

A red packet holding money, called a hongbao, given at Lunar New Year, weddings and other celebrations in Chinese and other East and Southeast Asian cultures. It stands for gifts of money, good luck and Lunar New Year greetings.

How do I type the 🧧 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “red 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 :red_envelope:.

When was the 🧧 emoji added?

🧧 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧧?

U+1F9E7. In HTML you can write 🧧, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9E7}.

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