The construction worker emoji is your digital hard-hat for anything that’s in progress, being fixed, or about to get noisy. People drop it to say “I’m on it,” “WIP,” or “pardon the mess,” from crushing code bugs to weekend DIY chaos. It also nods to real-world trades, blue-collar pride, and those classic 90s “Under Construction” web pages that lived forever on Geocities. Pair it with tool emojis to telegraph serious fix-it energy—or to ironically apologize for a life that’s currently a renovation zone.
On Apple devices, it’s a front-facing head-and-shoulders person wearing a bright yellow hard hat and an orange hi‑vis vest over a blue shirt, with a calm, friendly neutral smile. No tools, just safety-first vibes and glossy Apple shading that makes the helmet look freshly polished. You’ll spot the helmet’s central ridge and the vest’s reflective striping instantly. It supports gender and skin-tone variations, but the core visual is the unmistakable yellow hard hat.
Online, it’s used humorously for “building boundaries,” “gains under construction” at the gym, or to warn followers that the comment section is officially a hard-hat area. Devs and designers use it for maintenance notices and sprint updates; group chats use it when the squad is “on site” getting stuff done. Expect Bob the Builder references (“Can we fix it?”), playful contractor flirts, and the occasional sarcastic drop when a plan needs more than duct tape.
Definition
A hard hatted construction worker. Apparently yellow for high visibility. iEmoji old name: Yellow Hat with Green Cross. A thinking cap meaning being positive and optimistic. de Bono System.
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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)
1080 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_worker:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Construction Worker Man Construction Worker construction worker man construction worker
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Portrait and Role Symbols
Names & Annotations
CONSTRUCTION WORKER Temporary Notes: here this is male
Symbol Information
U+1F477 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1AA
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[工事現場の人]
KDDI
#711 工事現場の人 「工事現場no人」 U+EB19 SJIS-F3DA JIS-7A5C
Softbank
#289 #old450 工事現場の人 「工事現場no人」 U+E51B SJIS-FBBB
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f477
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F477
Decimal Code Point(s)
128119
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 B7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 267
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC77
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc77
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56439
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F477
UTF-32 Hex
01F477
UTF-32 Dec
128119
Python Src
u"\U0001F477"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\xb7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC77"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
