Meaning
The left luggage emoji depicts a small storage locker or baggage compartment, typically shown as a gray or brown rectangular box with a key or lock symbol, representing the kind of secure storage facilities found in airports, train stations, and travel hubs worldwide.
This symbol is used literally to indicate luggage storage services—those convenient lockers where travelers can temporarily stash their bags while exploring a city or waiting for a connection. Beyond travel contexts, it occasionally appears in messages about safekeeping, storing belongings, or even metaphorically "putting something away" for later. It's particularly common in travel blogs, airport guides, and tourism-related social media content.
The emoji serves a practical communication purpose, helping travelers quickly identify storage options in guides or mark locations on maps. It's less frequently used in casual messaging compared to other transport symbols, but remains essential for travel-related content creators and hospitality contexts.
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015, this symbol maintains consistent design across most platforms, clearly showing the locker or storage case to avoid confusion with luggage emojis.
Common Uses
- • Indicating luggage storage facilities at airports or stations
- • Marking locations in travel guides
- • Discussing travel logistics and baggage solutions
- • Pointing out storage availability in city guides
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
This emoji is part of a small but important family of transportation-related symbols that help international travelers navigate unfamiliar places without language barriers.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:left_luggage: :left_luggage: :left_luggage: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🛅 |
| HTML (hex) | 🛅 |
| CSS | \1F6C5 |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDEC5 |
| Python | \U0001F6C5 |
| Java | \uD83D\uDEC5 |
| Perl | \x{1F6C5} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F6C5} |
| Punycode | xn--2rb9 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%9B%85 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9B 0x85 |
🛅 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | মালপত্র ছেড়ে যাওয়া |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 寄存行李 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 寄存行李 |
| Danish | bagageopbevaring |
| Dutch | bagagekluis |
| English | left luggage |
| English (UK) | left luggage |
| Estonian | hoiukapid |
| Finnish | säilytyslokero |
| French | consigne |
| German | Gepäckaufbewahrung |
| Hindi | छूटा सामान |
| Hungarian | csomagmegőrző |
| Italian | simbolo del deposito bagagli |
| Japanese | 手荷物預かり |
| Korean | 화물 서비스 |
| Lithuanian | paliktas bagažas |
| Malay | bagasi tertinggal |
| Norwegian | bagasjeoppbevaring |
| Polish | przechowalnia bagażu |
| Portuguese | depósito de bagagem |
| Russian | забытый багаж |
| Spanish | consigna |
| Spanish (Mexico) | consigna |
| Swedish | kvarlämnat bagage |
| Thai | บริการฝากกระเป๋า |
| Ukrainian | камера схову |
| Vietnamese | hành lý bỏ quên |