🚧️ Construction emoji
HTML
🚧
Unicode
U+1F6A7
What is 🚧️ called?
🚧️ is called the Construction emoji.
Also known as roadworks, work-zone barrier, or construction sign. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is construction.
What does 🚧️ mean?
🚧 is officially named construction. It shows a construction sign indicating roadwork, building projects, or other construction activities that may affect traffic or pedestrian movement. These warning signs alert people to potential hazards and changing conditions in work zones.
Use it for literal references to construction and for infrastructure development, safety warning, work zone, temporary hazard. The striped barrier represents road or work-zone construction, not the unfinished-building emoji. Related choices include 🚦 Vertical traffic light and 🛑 Stop sign.
Other meanings
It can mean infrastructure development, safety warning, work zone, temporary hazard. Context determines whether the message is literal, travel-related, practical, directional, or metaphorical.
Example Usage
The construction 🚧 sign warned drivers of upcoming roadwork ahead
The journey update includes construction 🚧
More details
Officially named construction. Its code point is U+1F6A7. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
Visual description
An orange diamond-shaped warning sign with construction-related symbols or text.
The striped barrier represents road or work-zone construction, not the unfinished-building emoji. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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