Post Office Emoji
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🏤🏤:post-office:%F0%9F%8F%A4\1F3E4What does the Post Office emoji mean?
🏤 is the Post Office emoji from the Travel & Places collection. Like other Unicode emojis, it provides a compact visual shorthand for post office that enhances tone and clarity in digital communication. Under the hood it lives at U+1F3E4 and debuted in Emoji 1.0 (2015). That code point is what lets you copy and paste it between apps without losing meaning. Place icons are also practical: they work well in lists, itineraries, event invites, and bios where space is tight but location context is essential. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of post office stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🏤), as an HTML entity (🏤), or as a shortcode (:post-office:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for post office — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Post Office emoji
- In chat: Drop 🏤 into a sentence where you would normally write “post office” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🏤 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🏤 or shortcode :post-office: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Travel & Places |
| Unicode code point | U+1F3E4 |
| Introduced in | Emoji 1.0 (2015) |
| Shortcode | :post-office: |
| HTML entity | 🏤 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays post office everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Post Office mean?
🏤 is the Post Office emoji from the Travel & Places collection. Like other Unicode emojis, it provides a compact visual shorthand for post office that enhances tone and clarity in digital communicati...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1F3E4, introduced in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Official name: "Post Office".
How do I copy the Post Office emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Post Office emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Post Office used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for post office in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🏤 with their own style, colour, and shading.