What 𧧠means
A vertically rectangular red envelope with a round sticker printed with Mandarin letters or symbols that mean good luck, happiness, and prosperity, used to keep the flap stuck to the surface.
The 𧧠Red Envelope emoji is quite a common envelope used in many oriental countries while gifting money to someone on a special occasion. Thus, it can signify monetary gifting, gifts, and the overall act of giving.
How and when to use it
- If you couldn't make it to an important (or optional) event where you would've gifted cash, you can still use 𧧠while congratulating/wishing them while you probably (or not) transfer the decided amount via online banking.
- If you're uploading a picture of yourself or that of something or someone else that you captured, the essence of which is 'giving', then feel free to use π§§. For example, "Give. Be it love, time, effort, respect or money. Give. It's always great to give π§§".
- Since red envelopes are generally given during weddings, birthdays, and other ceremonies, you can use 𧧠while sharing content related to any of these themes and other related topics.
- An example for the previous use-case: "The wedding season is FINALLY here!!! 𧧠Oh, my. I've waited FOREVAAA".
Other Names
- 𧧠Red Packet
- 𧧠Money Envelope
- 𧧠Monetary Gift
- 𧧠Wedding Gifts
- 𧧠Birthday and Ceremony Gifts
- 𧧠Ang Pao
- 𧧠HΓ³ngbΔo
- 𧧠Lai See
- 𧧠Red Gift Envelope
The lowdown
- Category
- Activities βΊ event
- Codepoints
U+1F9E7- Emoji version
- Emoji 11.0
- Shortcodes
:red_envelope:- Keywords
- envelope, gift, good, hΓ³ngbΔo, lai, luck, money, red, see
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
β‘ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first β 𧧠Red Envelope or π« Splatter?
Runs with a crowd
𧧠keeps company in lunar new year emojis and money emojis and red emojis β tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.