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🚧 Construction Emoji

Copy and paste the Construction emoji (🚧) in one click. View its Travel & Places context, status usage, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F6A7).

What Does the Construction Emoji Mean?

Unicode Definition: Depicts construction (🚧), part of Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) (U+1F6A7) under the "transport-ground" travel and geography subgroup.

Context & Expression: Captures wanderlust, commuting, vacation countdowns, architectural appreciation, and a sense of place or time.

Status Tip: Construction (🚧) is widely used in Slack/Teams out-of-office statuses, travel itineraries, and event location headers.

Modern Texting & Social Usage

Popular in out-of-office Slack statuses, Instagram story location headers, travel vlogs, and "on my way" texts (🚧💨).

💡 Quick Usage Tip:

Combine 🚧 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.

Real-Life Chat Examples

See how the Construction emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.

Marcus

Where are you guys at? We just grabbed a table inside

You

Literally 5 minutes away 🚧 save us two seats!

Marcus

Got you covered, see you in a sec!

When to Use 🚧

  • Sharing travel itineraries, commute updates, or vacation photo dumps.
  • Setting "Out of Office" or "In Transit" status indicators on Slack and Teams.
  • Highlighting directions, venues, and weather conditions in event invites.

When to Avoid 🚧

  • Emergency navigation instructions where exact street addresses and coordinates are needed.
  • Formal legal notices.
CROSS-PLATFORM DISPLAY

How Construction Looks Across Operating Systems & Fonts

Apple iOS includes intricate architectural and vehicle details; Google Android uses clean, high-contrast travel iconography; Samsung and Microsoft Windows feature distinct perspective angles.

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Apple iOS / macOS Rendering

High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting

System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'
Platform / VendorGlyph PreviewSystem Emoji FontRendering Behavior
Apple iOS / macOS🚧Apple Color EmojiHigh-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
Google Android🚧Noto Color EmojiClean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry
Samsung One UI🚧Samsung Color EmojiVibrant high-contrast One UI color styling
Microsoft Windows🚧Segoe UI EmojiFluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags)
X / Discord (Twemoji)🚧Twitter Color EmojiFlat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography

Technical & Developer Specifications

Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.

Character🚧
Official Unicode NameConstruction
Unicode Code PointU+1F6A7
HTML Decimal Entity🚧
HTML Hex Entity🚧
CSS Escape Code\01F6A7
JavaScript / ES6 Escape\u{1F6A7}
UTF-8 Hex BytesF0 9F 9A A7
Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub):construction:
Emoji / Unicode VersionEmoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Category & SubgroupTravel & Places (transport-ground)

Frequently Asked Questions About Construction (🚧)

Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.

What is the emotional and conversational meaning of Construction (🚧)?

Captures wanderlust, commuting, vacation countdowns, architectural appreciation, and a sense of place or time. It belongs to the Travel & Places category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).

How is the Construction emoji (🚧) used on TikTok, Instagram, and Discord?

Popular in out-of-office Slack statuses, Instagram story location headers, travel vlogs, and "on my way" texts (🚧💨).

How do I copy and paste 🚧 on iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows?

Click the "Copy Emoji (🚧)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.

What are the Unicode, HTML, CSS, and JS developer codes for Construction?

The Unicode code point is U+1F6A7 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 🚧 or 🚧; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F6A7"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F6A7}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :construction:.

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