postal horn
A postal horn, the brass instrument historically associated with mail coaches and postal services
Meaning
A postal horn, the brass instrument historically associated with mail coaches and postal services. In conversation it commonly represents mail, delivery, announcements, or the act of sending a message. It can convey a call to attention, a signal that something is being broadcast, or a playful fanfare. It is sometimes used in contexts about post offices, correspondence, or notifications. Usage is ambiguous: it may read as a musical horn rather than a postal symbol, so context often determines whether the sense is mail-related or simply celebratory noise.
Postal horn — Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1F4EFpostal hornF0 9F 93 AFShortcodes
:postal_horn:HTML & CSS
📯📯\1F4EF Languages
\u{1F4EF}\U0001F4EF\x{1F4EF}\u{1F4EF}Encodings
xn--lu8h%F0%9F%93%AFFrequently asked
What does 📯 postal horn mean?
A postal horn, the brass instrument historically associated with mail coaches and postal services. In conversation it commonly represents mail, delivery, announcements, or the act of sending a message. It can convey a call to attention, a signal that something is being broadcast, or a playful fanfare. It is sometimes used in contexts about post offices, correspondence, or notifications. Usage is ambiguous: it may read as a musical horn rather than a postal symbol, so context often determines whether the sense is mail-related or simply celebratory noise.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 📯 postal horn?
U+1F4EF (Unicode 8.0, 2015) · :postal_horn:
Which emojis are related to 📯 postal horn?
🔇 muted speaker, 🔈 speaker low volume, 🔉 speaker medium volume, 🔊 speaker high volume, 📢 loudspeaker, 📣 megaphone, 🔔 bell, 🔕 bell with slash