The briefcase emoji, aka 💼, radiates “clocking in” energy—think corporate corridors, client calls, job interviews, and general adulting. On Apple/iOS, it’s a rich brown leather case with a sturdy top handle and a shiny gold center clasp, shown closed at a slight three‑quarter angle with neat stitching and soft highlights that make it look freshly polished. People drop it to announce meetings, the daily grind, or to punctuate “I got the job/promoted/new client” without writing a full TED Talk. It also means “securing the bag”—money moves—especially in captions flexing wins, invoices paid, or a side hustle turning main hustle.
In meme culture, it channels LinkedIn-core, rise‑and‑grind vibes, or ironic “I’m so professional” energy when you’re firing off emails like a raccoon at 2 a.m. It doubles as shorthand for lawyers, consultants, and finance bros, and shows up before business trips or court dates like a tiny leather drumroll. Pop-culture bonus: it winks at the mysterious movie briefcase trope (hello, glowing unknown contents), spy gear with handcuffs, and even the Hitman meme where the briefcase practically has homing capabilities. Flirty or dramatic? Sometimes it’s “bring your 💼, I’ll bring the coffee”—suit‑and‑tie banter—or a mic drop when you’ve closed the deal and are logging off like a boss.
Definition
Brown leather briefcase that a business man would hold or carry papers or money in. iEmoji old name: Leather Briefcase.
Disqus Leave a comment!
Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
827 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:briefcase:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Names & Annotations
BRIEFCASE
Symbol Information
U+1F4BC proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-53B
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#69 'Bag' カバン 「kaban」 U+E682 SJIS-F8E3 JIS-7555
KDDI
#359 仕事かばん 「仕事kaban」 U+E5CE SJIS-F341 JIS-7922
Softbank
#227 #old120 かばん 「kaban」 U+E11E SJIS-F75E
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
💼
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
💼
Decimal HTML Entity
💼
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
💼
Hex Code Point(s)
1f4bc
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4BC
Decimal Code Point(s)
128188
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xBC
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 BC
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 274
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCBC
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcbc
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56508
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4BC
UTF-32 Hex
01F4BC
UTF-32 Dec
128188
Python Src
u"\U0001F4BC"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\xbc"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCBC"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
