Vertical Traffic Light

The 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light emoji belongs to the road and rail vehicles, filed by Unicode under Travel & Places. People send it when the subject is drove, intersection, light and signal. The keyword list continues with stop, stoplight, traffic and vertical.

You can drop 🚦 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Vehicles and Transport. The character has been part of the standard since 2015 (Emoji 1.0). Its code point is U+1F6A6.

• A single 🚦 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about drove, intersection, light and signal.
• Often seen near 🚨 Police Car Light, 🛑 Stop Sign and 🚥 Horizontal Traffic Light.

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

Easy to mix up with 🚨 Police Car 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.