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A Japanese&nbsp;post office, featuring the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_postal_mark">〒 Japanese postal mark</a> on the front of the building.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/japanese-post-office/">previously</a>&nbsp;displayed this mark on its own&nbsp;instead of being featured on the building.

Japanese Post Office

Shows a map of the country of Japan, which is the only country to have its own emoji map. Other countries can be found on the <a href="/globe-showing-americas/" title="🌎 Earth Globe Americas">various globe emojis</a>, or the <a href="/world-map/" title="🗺 World Map">world map emoji</a>.

Silhouette of Japan

A generic, high-rise office building. Generally found in cities, and most active during business hours.

The office building shown in Twemoji 2.0 is of <a href="https://foursquare.com/v/twitter-hq/4ee0ecde29c2c6e332924109?openPhotoId=506e210ae4b06f9dbabdd728">Twitter HQ</a> in San Fransisco.

Office Building

A European-style post office. A&nbsp;<a href="/postal-horn/" title="📯 Postal Horn">postal horn</a> can be seen on the front, which is commonly found in the logos of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_postal_services#Europe">European Postal Services</a>.

European Post Office

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower">Tokyo Tower</a> is the second-tallest building in Japan, located in&nbsp;Minato, Tokyo.

Built in 1957, the design of the Tokyo Tower &nbsp;was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, <a href="/flag-france/" title="🇫🇷 Flag For France">France</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;may be confused for it due to the small size of the emoji. A previous Samsung design also added to this confusion as it was colored grey instead of red and white.

Tokyo Tower

A Tanabata tree, a type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_tree">wish tree</a> on which people hang wishes written on paper and other decorations during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata">Tanabata</a>, a Japanese festival celebrating two heavenly lovers. Depicted as one or two stalks of green bamboo, on which hangs one or more slips of paper, generally red.

Often used to represent various plants or as a green accent color.

Apple&rsquo;s design includes a yellow star decoration. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/tanabata-tree/">previously</a> displayed a green branch with three, variously colored pieces of paper.

Tanabata Tree

A Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadomatsu">kadomatsu</a>, composed of pine leaves and bamboo shoots. Traditionally placed outside homes in Japan around the New Year to welcome spirits for a plentiful, happy year ahead.

Depicted as three shoots of <a href="/tanabata-tree/">bamboo</a>, arranged vertically at different heights in a wooden container, arrayed with pine leaves.

Often used to represent various plants or as a green accent color.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s kadomatsu is adorned with red berries, as is Facebook&rsquo;s, which also includes pink <a href="/cherry-blossom/">cherry blossoms</a>.

Pine Decoration

A postal horn (post horn). Depicted as a coiled, valveless, brass horn, like a bugle or <a href="/trumpet/">trumpet</a>, with two red tassels. Sometimes used to mark announcements as well as for various content concerning brass instruments, music, or mail.

In the 18&ndash;19th centuries, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn">post horns</a> signaled the arrival of and cleared the way for mail coaches, like a modern-day&nbsp;<a href="/police-car-light/">siren</a>. Used today as a symbol on <a href="/postbox/">postboxes</a> (mailboxes) and by many European postal services, as seen featured in <a href="/post-office/">🏤 European Post Office</a>.

Postal Horn

The back of a white&nbsp;envelope, as used to send a letter or card in the mail (<a href="/postbox/">post</a>). Used for various content concerning mail and messages, including <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/envelope/">previously featured</a> a red, wax seal imprinted with the initial M.&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s design was <a href="/google/android-11.0/envelope/">previously</a> yellow.

Envelope

The back of an envelope, shown coming into an inbox or arriving with motion lines.

Commonly used as an icon for an <a href="/e-mail/">email</a> address. May also represent <a href="/postbox/">posting mail</a> or sending messages more generally.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs include an <a href="/inbox-tray/">inbox tray</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature a yellow envelope angled forward and trailed by three, blue lines, indicating sending. Google&#39;s design also <a href="/google/android-11.0/incoming-envelope/">previously</a> displayed as a yellow&nbsp;envelope.

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/incoming-envelope/">previously featured</a> three red motion lines, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/incoming-envelope/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> a rightwards arrow.

Incoming Envelope

The back of <a href="/envelope-with-arrow/">envelope</a> with a <a href="/down-arrow/">down arrow</a> on top. Generally depicted in white with a red or blue arrow.

Commonly used an icon before an <a href="/e-mail/">email</a> address. May also represent downloading, direct messages, or mail (<a href="/postbox/">post</a>) more generally. Its original intent may have been to indicate sealing and delivering a letter in an envelope.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/envelope-with-arrow/">previously resembled</a> an <a href="/incoming-envelope/">incoming envelope</a>. <a href="/apple/iphone-os-2.2/envelope-with-arrow/">Early designs from Apple</a> featured a right arrow with the envelope oriented lengthwise. Google&#39;s envelope design was <a href="/google/android-8.0/envelope-with-arrow/">previously</a> yellow. SoftBank <a href="/envelope-with-arrow/">originally animated</a> a rightward-moving arrow and envelope, suggesting sending or sent.&nbsp;

Envelope with Downwards Arrow Above

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its door latched shut and signal flag raised. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag.&nbsp;Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that incoming mail (post) has been delivered. May also indicate that there is outgoing mail for pickup.

An early Apple design showed <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">an open&nbsp;mailbox</a> with an envelope, similar to its <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a> design.

Compare&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, <a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>, and <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its door latched shut and signal flag lowered. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag. Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that no incoming mail (post) has been delivered. May also indicate that outgoing mail has been picked up.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>, <a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>, and <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag

An open, curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its signal flag raised and a letter in its open slot. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag and <a href="/envelope/">white envelope</a>, though Google&#39;s envelope was <a href="/google/android-8.0/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">previously</a> yellow. Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the <a href="/flag-united-states/">United States</a> that there is outgoing mail (post) for pickup. May also indicate that incoming mail has been delivered.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>.

Open Mailbox with Raised Flag

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its signal flag lowered and its slot empty. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag.&nbsp;Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that outgoing mail has been picked up. May also indicate&nbsp;that no incoming mail has been delivered.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬&nbsp;Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag

A postbox (mailbox, letterbox) with a <a href="/envelope/">letter</a> in its slot for collection. Generally depicted in red with a white envelope, styled after <a href="https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-travel/japan-residents/japan-post">public postboxes in Japan</a>. May also evoke&nbsp;<a href="http://lbsg.org/photographs/lamp-boxes/">postboxes in the United Kingdom</a>.

Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>. Microsoft&rsquo;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-11/postbox/">previously</a> blue, after U.S. mail collection boxes.

Postbox

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai">moai</a>, one of the famed, giant stone statues of human figures&nbsp;on Easter Island. Depicted as a gray&nbsp;stone carving of a stylized human head with a prominent brow and nose, most often facing left.

Sometimes used for various idiosyncratic purposes, such as conveying a stoic, deadpan, or silly expression. For example, this emoji is often used to represent various &quot;sigma&quot; or &quot;chad&quot; memes due to its chiselled emotionaless features.

Its official Unicode name of Moyai&nbsp;and inclusion in early Japanese emoji sets, such as from au by KDDI, suggest&nbsp;the emoji may represent the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g1066456-d1953259-Reviews-Moyai_Statue-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html">Moyai Statue</a> near Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan; previous designs from <a href="/google/android-4.3/moai/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/moai/">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;resemble the Tokyo statue. Other Tokyo landmarks are represented in&nbsp;<a href="/tokyo-tower/">🗼&nbsp;Tokyo Tower</a> and, formerly, <a href="/shibuya/">Shibuya 109</a>.

Moyai

109 is a chain of Japanese department&nbsp;stores, with the most well known location being in Shibuya, Tokyo &mdash; Shibuya 109.&nbsp;An emoji&nbsp;of this store existed in the original Softbank emoji set in Japan, but did not get included as part of emoji standardization in <a href="/unicode-6.0/" title="Unicode Version 6.0">Unicode 6.0</a>.

This was one of the few emojis <a href="/apple/ios-5.0/shibuya/" title=" Shibuya on Apple iOS 5.0">available</a> in Apple iOS 6, that did not remain in future iOS or macOS releases. Despite this, it continues to be supported by&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/">Twemoji</a>.

The details of its <a href="https://github.com/googlei18n/emoji4unicode/issues/35">exclusion</a>&nbsp;are&nbsp;noted in Google&#39;s&nbsp;project to bring emoji into Unicode. The codepoint for Shibuya remains a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas">Private Use Area</a>&nbsp;character where implemented.

Shibuya

L2/09-026

L2/07-257

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Emoji designs from an early handheld device from 1990.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

🏣 Japanese Post Office on Microsoft Windows 10 May 2019 Update

🏣 Japanese Post Office on Microsoft Windows 10 May 2019 Update

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