# 🚧 Construction emoji

🚧 Construction is an emoji in the ground transport set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: barrier.

- Emoji: 🚧
- Unicode name: construction
- Code points: U+1F6A7
- Category: Travel & places, Ground transport
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :construction:
- Keywords: barrier, construction
- Page: https://emojichart.com/construction-emoji

## What it means

A striped barricade with a warning light on top, like those set up around roadwork and building sites. Roadwork and building projects call for it, and it's a handy way to say something is under construction, unfinished or being updated.

## How to type 🚧

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “construction”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “construction”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “construction”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “construction”.
- GitHub: Type :construction: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | obras | construcción, obras, señal, señal de obras |
| Français (fr) | travaux | barrière, travaux |
| Deutsch (de) | Baustellenabsperrung | Baustelle, Baustellenabsperrung, Baustellenschild, Schild |
| Italiano (it) | area cantiere | area cantiere, costruzione, giallo e nero, simbolo, simbolo area cantiere |
| Português (pt) | em construção | construção, em construção, símbolo, símbolo para “em construção” |
| Nederlands (nl) | bouwwerkzaamheden | barricade, bouwwerkzaamheden, werkzaamheden |
| Svenska (sv) | skylt för byggområde | bygge, skylt för byggområde |
| Polski (pl) | prace drogowe | bariera, prace drogowe, znak drogowy |
| Türkçe (tr) | inşaat | inşaat, inşaat işareti, işaret |
| Русский (ru) | строительные работы | барьер, заграждение, опасность, преграда, препятствие, строительные работы, строительство, стройка |
| Українська (uk) | знак ремонтних робіт | будівництво, знак ремонтних робіт, огорожа, паркан, прохід заборонено |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κατασκευές | κατασκευές, φράγμα |
| العربية (ar) | تحت الإنشاء | إشارة, إنشاء, اشغال, تحت الإنشاء, قيد الانشاء |
| עברית (he) | מחסום עבודות בכביש | כביש חסום, מחסום, מחסום עבודות בכביש, עבודות, עבודות בכביש |
| فارسی (fa) | ساخت‌وساز | راه‌بند, ساخت‌وساز, سد, مانع |
| हिन्दी (hi) | निर्माण चालू, निर्माण का संकेत | निर्माण, निर्माण का संकेत, निर्माण चालू, निर्माण चालू, निर्माण का संकेत, बाधा, संकेत |
| বাংলা (bn) | নির্মাণ | নির্মাণ, বাধা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | konstruksi | batasan, konstruksi, pembatas |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | công trường | công trường, rào chắn |
| ไทย (th) | ป้ายไซต์ก่อสร้าง | กำลังก่อสร้าง, ป้ายไซต์ก่อสร้าง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 工事中 | サイン, 工事中, 通行止め |
| 한국어 (ko) | 공사 중 | 공사, 공사 중, 공사 중 표시, 분리대 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 施工 | 施工, 路障 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 施工 | 工地, 施工, 施工中 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): konstruksieteken
- Akan (ak): adansie
- Albanian (sq): ndërtim
- Amharic (am): ግንባታ
- Anii (blo): ʊcǝʊ̀
- Armenian (hy): շինարարություն
- Assamese (as): নিৰ্মাণ
- Azerbaijani (az): tikinti
- Bashkir (ba): төҙөлөш
- Basque (eu): lanak
- Belarusian (be): будаўнічыя работы
- Bosnian (bs): konstrukcija
- Bulgarian (bg): строителни дейности
- Burmese (my): ဆောက်လုပ်ရေး
- Cantonese (yue): 建造
- Catalan (ca): obres
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏁᏍᎨᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): строительство ӗҫӗсем
- Croatian (hr): znak radova
- Czech (cs): stavební zábrana
- Danish (da): byggeri
- Estonian (et): ehitustööd
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): obras
- Faroese (fo): byrging
- Filipino (fil): construction
- Finnish (fi): rakennustyömaan merkki
- Galician (gl): en construción
- Georgian (ka): მშენებლობა
- Gujarati (gu): બાંધકામ
- Hausa (ha): aikin gini
- Hungarian (hu): útépítés
- Icelandic (is): vegavinna
- Igbo (ig): ọrụụzọ
- Irish (ga): suíomh tógála
- Javanese (jv): konstruksi
- Kalaallisut (kl): byggeri
- Kannada (kn): ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ
- Kazakh (kk): құрылыс
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇرىلىس
- Khmer (km): ការសារសង់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ubwubatsi
- Konkani (kok): बांधकाम
- Kyrgyz (ky): курулуш
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tz’aqb’al
- Lao (lo): ປ້າຍການກໍ່ສ້າງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): señal de construcción
- Latvian (lv): celtniecība
- Lithuanian (lt): statybos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): twarnišćowa tofla
- Luxembourgish (lb): Stroossebarrière
- Macedonian (mk): градежни работи на патот
- Malay (ms): pembinaan
- Malayalam (ml): നിർമ്മാണ ചിഹ്നം
- Maltese (mt): kostruzzjoni
- Marathi (mr): बांधकाम
- Mongolian (mn): бүтээн байгуулалт
- Māori (mi): hangatanga
- Nepali (ne): निर्माण
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kọnstrọ́kshọn
- Northern Sotho (nso): go aga
- Norwegian (no): anleggsarbeid
- Odia (or): ନିର୍ମାଣ
- Oromo (om): ijaarsa
- Pashto (ps): د جوړولو
- Punjabi (pa): ਨਿਰਮਾਣ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): تعمیر
- Quechua (qu): wasichiy
- Romanian (ro): șantier
- Romansh (rm): plazzal
- Sardinian (sc): cantieri
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): togail
- Serbian (sr): радови у току
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): radovi u toku
- Shan (shn): ပၢႆႉဢွင်ႈတီႈၵေႃႇသၢင်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): اڏاوت
- Sinhala (si): ඉදිකිරීම
- Slovak (sk): práce na ceste
- Slovenian (sl): zaprto zaradi gradnje
- Somali (so): dhismo
- Swahili (sw): ujenzi
- Tajik (tg): сохтмон
- Tamil (ta): கட்டுமான பணி
- Telugu (te): నిర్మాణంలో ఉన్న భవనం
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ህንፃ ስራሕ
- Tongan (to): fakaʻilonga ngāue langa
- Tswana (tn): kago
- Turkmen (tk): gurluşyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): twarnišćowe zaraćenje
- Urdu (ur): تعمیر
- Uyghur (ug): قۇرۇلۇش
- Uzbek (uz): qurilish
- Welsh (cy): adeiladwaith
- Wolof (wo): tabax
- Xhosa (xh): ulwakhiwo
- Yoruba (yo): Iṣẹ́ ọnà
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ishɛ́ ɔnà
- Zulu (zu): ukwakha

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F6A7` |
| HTML | `🚧` |
| CSS | `\1F6A7` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F6A7}` |
| Python | `\U0001F6A7` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9A A7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DEA7` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9A%A7` |

## Questions

### What does the 🚧 construction emoji mean?

A striped barricade with a warning light on top, like those set up around roadwork and building sites. Roadwork and building projects call for it, and it's a handy way to say something is under construction, unfinished or being updated.

### How do I type the 🚧 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “construction”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :construction:.

### When was the 🚧 emoji added?

🚧 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🚧?

U+1F6A7. In HTML you can write 🚧, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6A7}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/construction-emoji