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✉️ Envelope
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✉️ Emoji meaning
Send or receive mail, a letter, an email, an invitation, or a message.
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✉️ Meaning
A closed envelope stands for receiving or sending e-mails, messages or a letter. “I received a message“ or “I have to write an e-mail“.
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Commonly confused with
Same Emotion
Love letter vs envelope; similar envelope shape makes 💌 easy to confuse with a normal email/letter icon.
Same Shape
Envelope vs e-mail; both represent email or messages, one generic envelope, one explicitly electronic.
Envelope vs envelope with arrow; both indicate sending mail or messages.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Envelope” 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.
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+ e-mail
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ envelope
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ letter + email
