Construction

The 🚧 Construction emoji belongs to the road and rail vehicles, filed by Unicode under Travel & Places. In practice it comes up around barrier.

You can drop 🚧 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Tools and Industry. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F6A7.

• A single 🚧 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about barrier.
• Often seen near 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light, 🛑 Stop Sign and 🚥 Horizontal Traffic Light.

• 🚧🛤️ – Construction and Railway Track
• 🚧🛢️ – Construction with Oil Drum
• 🚧🚨 – Construction plus Police Car Light
• 🚧🚦 – Construction and Vertical Traffic Light
• 🚧🚏 – Construction with Bus Stop
• 🚧🛹 – Construction plus Skateboard
• 🚧🛼 – Construction and Roller Skate
• 🚧🛞 – Construction with Wheel

Easy to mix up with 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light, 🛑 Stop Sign or 🚥 Horizontal Traffic Light. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.