The Construction emoji is the classic road barricade: diagonal orange-and-white stripes with two amber beacons perched on top. On Apple/iOS, it faces you head-on with glossy yellow lights, chunky metal feet, and soft shading that makes it look freshly dropped on asphalt—very “do not pass, bestie.” It’s the visual equivalent of a traffic controller waving you away with both hands.
People use it to label anything WIP: code commits, art previews, home renos, and chaotic life updates like “personality patch incoming.” It’s perfect for “pardon our dust” posts, site maintenance banners, or Twitter/X threads that are still baking in drafts. In group chats, it doubles as digital caution tape—great for setting boundaries, delaying hot takes, or joking that the kitchen (or heart) is closed for repairs.
Meme-wise, it nods to the 90s “Under Construction” webpages and the “road work ahead? I sure hope it does” Vine energy. Creators slap 🚧 before teasers to warn “expect edits,” while IT folks use it during outages so nobody panics. It also pairs nicely with 🛠️, 🧱, and 👷 for a full “we’re building something” vibe, or goes sarcastic after a messy apology/rebrand to say, “we’re… working on it,” PR team not included.
Definition
Commonly used on roads and pathways during construction and repair. Caution!
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1237 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:construction:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Construction Sign
Yellow and Black Striped Barrier
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Traffic Signs
Editorial Comment
A highly visible device for warning of immanent danger ahead. Unicode name: Construction Sign
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Traffic Signs
Names & Annotations
CONSTRUCTION SIGN
Symbol Information
U+1F6A7 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7F8
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[工事中]
KDDI
#368 工事中 U+E5D7 SJIS-F34A JIS-792B
Softbank
#350 #old145 工事中 U+E137 SJIS-F777
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e137
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E137
Decimal Code Point(s)
57655
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE137
UTF-16 Hex
e137
UTF-16 Dec
57655
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E137
UTF-32 Hex
E137
UTF-32 Dec
57655
Python Src
u"\uE137"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE137"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🚧
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🚧
Decimal HTML Entity
🚧
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🚧
Hex Code Point(s)
1f6a7
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F6A7
Decimal Code Point(s)
128679
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xA7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A A7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 247
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDEA7
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddea7
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56999
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F6A7
UTF-32 Hex
01F6A7
UTF-32 Dec
128679
Python Src
u"\U0001F6A7"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\xa7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDEA7"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
