🚦️ Vertical traffic light emoji
HTML
🚦
Unicode
U+1F6A6
What is 🚦️ called?
🚦️ is called the Vertical traffic light emoji.
Also known as upright traffic signal, vertical stoplight, or vertical traffic signal. These terms reflect common wording, regional usage, or how the symbol looks; Unicode’s official name is vertical traffic light.
What does 🚦️ mean?
🚦 is officially named vertical traffic light. It shows a vertical traffic light used to control vehicle and pedestrian traffic at intersections and roadways. These signal devices display red, yellow, and green lights in a vertical arrangement to regulate traffic flow and ensure safe, orderly transportation.
Use it for literal references to vertical traffic light and for traffic control, intersection management, road safety, urban infrastructure. The lights are stacked top-to-bottom, distinguishing it from the horizontal signal. Related choices include 🚥 Horizontal traffic light and 🛑 Stop sign.
Other meanings
It can mean traffic control, intersection management, road safety, urban infrastructure. Context determines whether the message is literal, travel-related, practical, directional, or metaphorical.
Example Usage
We waited for the vertical traffic light 🚦 to turn green before crossing
The journey update includes vertical traffic light 🚦
More details
Officially named vertical traffic light. Its code point is U+1F6A6. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
Visual description
A vertical traffic signal showing three circular lights (red, yellow, green) arranged one above the other.
The lights are stacked top-to-bottom, distinguishing it from the horizontal signal. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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