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📧 Emoji meaning
Forwarding, notification, inbox, or @ sign.
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📧 Meaning
You have got mail! Symbol for the email, recognizable by the @ sign. The emoji serves as a request to read the mails or as an indication to transmit something electronically.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Envelope vs e-mail; both represent email or messages, one generic envelope, one explicitly electronic.
E-mail vs incoming envelope; both icons appear in mailbox interfaces to represent new mail.
Outbox tray vs e-mail; both indicate sending email or messages.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “E-mail” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ e-mail
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ email + letter + mail
