📬 Meaning – Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji

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The Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji was added to the Objects category in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0 standard. This is a mature emoji and it should work on most devices.

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Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji, Facebook style

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Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji, LG style

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Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F4EC
Unicode name: Open Mailbox with Raised Flag
Category: Objects / Mail
Keywords: mail, mailbox, open, postbox, communication, flag
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F4EC
Decimal HTML Entity: 📬
Hex HTML Entity: 📬
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83D 0xDCEC
Wikipedia: n/a
Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

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🌐 Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	offener Briefkasten mit Post	Briefkasten, E-Mail, offen, Post
Français	boîte aux lettres ouverte drapeau levé	courrier
Русский	открытый почтовый ящик с поднятым флажком	открыт, поднятый, почта, почтовый, флаг, ящик
Español	buzón abierto con la bandera levantada	bandera, buzón, buzón abierto, con contenido
Italiano	cassetta postale aperta bandierina alzata	aperta, bandierina, cassetta postale, cassetta postale aperta bandierina su, posta
Português	caixa de correio aberta com bandeira levantada	aberta, bandeira, caixa de correspondência aberta com bandeira levantada, correspondência
Polski	otwarta skrzynka pocztowa z podniesioną flagą	otwarta skrzynka pocztowa

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How to type Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji

There are number of methods to type Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 📬 emoji

It's very easy to get Open Mailbox with Raised Flag Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 📬 meaning and look at 📬 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

📬 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.