📪 closed mailbox with lowered flag

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Meaning & usage

Closed mailbox with lowered flag (📪) conveys an emotion, object or visual idea as an emoji.

Use it in messages and captions; emoji artwork and interpretation differ between platforms.

U+1F4EA identifies this exact closed mailbox with lowered flag form; copying the character preserves its Unicode identity, while its appearance depends on the font or emoji renderer.

The closed mailbox with lowered flag label identifies a flag design. Flag rendering and regional support vary by device, and some applications show component letters instead. closed mailbox with lowered flag occupies one Unicode code point. A similar-looking letter, punctuation mark or emoji is not necessarily interchangeable with 📪 in search, filenames or text processing.

How to type closed mailbox with lowered flag

Windows

Use Win + . for the emoji and symbol panel, or Character Map for supported fonts. In Microsoft Word, enter each hexadecimal code (1F4EA) and press Alt + X. There is no universal decimal Alt code for this character; legacy Alt codes depend on the code page.

Mac

Open Character Viewer with Control + Command + Space and search for closed mailbox with lowered flag. With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled, hold Option and enter the UTF-16 units shown above. Standard Option shortcuts do not cover every Unicode symbol.

Linux

In compatible GTK applications, press Ctrl + Shift + U, enter 1F4EA, then Enter. Enter each code point separately for sequences. Other desktops or apps may require their character picker.

iPhone & Android

Look for closed mailbox with lowered flag in your emoji keyboard if available, or copy it here and paste. Save frequently used symbols as a text replacement or keyboard shortcut; availability varies by keyboard.