The envelope with arrow emoji is the digital equivalent of “You’ve got mail,” but make it 2020s. It signals an incoming message, a freshly dropped doc, or a polite nudge that the tea has officially arrived in your inbox. People use it to say “Check your email,” “DM incoming,” or “sent!”—whether it’s a meme-packed newsletter or those long-awaited receipts. It can also be dramatic or jokey: “Hate mail incoming,” “spoilers on the way,” or “submissions are open—send it here.”
On Apple devices, it’s a crisp white envelope with sharp folds and a bold, bright-green arrow pointing straight down into the flap—clean, flat, and unmistakably “incoming.” That green downward arrow is the star, instantly readable even at tiny sizes, and it gives strong app-icon energy. It’s often paired with calendar or paperclip emojis for “meeting invite emailed” or “attachment delivered,” and with a wink for flirt-adjacent “slide into my inbox” moments. Don’t confuse it with the incoming envelope emoji with motion lines—this one announces delivery like a stamp of arrival. From AOL nostalgia to newsletter signups and office Slack life, 📩 is the universal ping that says, “It’s here.”
Definition
Exactly as described. An envelope with a red arrow pointing to it. As if to send to mail. iEmoji old name: Send to Mail.
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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)
984 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
:envelope_with_arrow:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Envelope with Downwards Arrow Above
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Names & Annotations
ENVELOPE WITH DOWNWARDS ARROW ABOVE Old name: ENVELOPE WITH ARROW * sending mail Temporary Notes: Might be allocated in the U+27xx Dingbats block with U+2709 ENVELOPE.
Symbol Information
U+1F4E9 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-52B
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#106 'mail to' mail to U+E6CF SJIS-F973 JIS-7B47
KDDI
#784 メールする 「meerusuru」 U+EB62 SJIS-F466 JIS-7B47
Softbank
#242 #old93 Mail to U+E103 SJIS-F743
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
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)
e103
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E103
Decimal Code Point(s)
57603
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0x83
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 83
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 203
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE103
UTF-16 Hex
e103
UTF-16 Dec
57603
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E103
UTF-32 Hex
E103
UTF-32 Dec
57603
Python Src
u"\uE103"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\x83"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE103"
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)
1f4e9
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4E9
Decimal Code Point(s)
128233
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0xA9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 A9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 251
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCE9
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddce9
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56553
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4E9
UTF-32 Hex
01F4E9
UTF-32 Dec
128233
Python Src
u"\U0001F4E9"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\xa9"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCE9"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
