The hammer emoji is your trusty claw hammer: a silver-gray steel head with a brown wooden handle, tilted on a jaunty angle like it’s mid-swing. On Apple/iOS, it looks clean and slightly glossy, with the split claw clearly visible and the handle subtly shaded—basically the hardware aisle, but make it aesthetic. It’s the visual shorthand for building, fixing, and getting stuff done.
Online, it swings between practical and dramatic. People drop it for DIY updates, “nailed it” puns, or that Monday grind energy; it also works as a vibe check for hard-hitting takes—“I’m about to drop the hammer.” It fuels ban-hammer memes, shows up with “smash that like button,” and can be used sarcastically when you know you’re about to “fix” something and somehow make it worse. There’s even a cheeky, handyman-flirt angle—“Need help with that shelf?”—delivered with a wink and a toolbox.
Culturally, it summons Thor’s Mjölnir jokes, Home Depot runs, Bob the Builder nostalgia, HGTV marathons, and the eternal Minecraft urge to craft. Pro tip: it’s not a judge’s gavel (different emoji), and it’s not the hammer-and-wrench or hammer-and-pick combo—this one is pure, solo smash-and-build energy.
Definition
A hammer is a tool used to hit a nail. An emoji often associated with a handyman, or person that is good at building things. Working or doing work. The most popular tool ever made. To lay down the law. To be strict, firm, or unrelenting. Also used to communicate being extremely intoxicated or drunk.
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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)
865 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
:hammer:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Tool Symbols
Editorial Comment
A number of weapon emojis were added in iOS 6. iEmoji old name: Gavel and Sound Block Hitting. iEmoji old description: The wooden gavel and sound block are hitting making a sound.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Tool Symbols
Names & Annotations
HAMMER Temporary Notes: mallet
Symbol Information
U+1F528 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4CA
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ハンマー]
KDDI
#356 ハンマー 「hanmaa」 U+E5CB SJIS-F7FB JIS-787D
Softbank
#147 #old112 ハンマー 「hanmaa」 U+E116 SJIS-F756
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)
e116
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E116
Decimal Code Point(s)
57622
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x84 0x96
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 84 96
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 204 226
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE116
UTF-16 Hex
e116
UTF-16 Dec
57622
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E116
UTF-32 Hex
E116
UTF-32 Dec
57622
Python Src
u"\uE116"
PHP Src
"\xee\x84\x96"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE116"
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)
1f528
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F528
Decimal Code Point(s)
128296
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xA8
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 A8
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 250
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD28
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd28
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56616
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F528
UTF-32 Hex
01F528
UTF-32 Dec
128296
Python Src
u"\U0001F528"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xa8"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD28"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
