๐Ÿ“จ

๐Ÿ“จ Emoji meaning

Reply requested, contact, new message, confidential info.

๐Ÿ“จ Meaning

The letter just arrived! In the office, the incoming mail is often collected in an in-tray or box. Refers to (business) letters, mail or the sending of messages.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Incoming envelope
โ†”
E-mail

E-mail vs incoming envelope; both icons appear in mailbox interfaces to represent new mail.

Incoming envelope
โ†”

Incoming envelope vs envelope with arrow; arrow direction differences are small, semantics are similar.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œIncoming envelopeโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ delivering + mail + sent

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- incoming envelope - mail

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ incoming envelope

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ e-mail + email + envelope + incoming + letter + mail + receive

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

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- incoming

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