# 🪜 Ladder emoji

🪜 Ladder is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. Related words: climb, rung and step.

- Emoji: 🪜
- Unicode name: ladder
- Code points: U+1FA9C
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :ladder:
- Keywords: climb, ladder, rung, step
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ladder-emoji

## What it means

Rungs between two rails make up this ladder, which means climbing, reaching higher places and moving up one step at a time. It appears in posts about home repairs, painting, career advancement and getting ahead.

## How to type 🪜

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | escalera | escalar, escalera, escalerilla, escalón, peldaño |
| Français (fr) | échelle | ascension, barreau, échelle, échelon, escabeau, grimper, monter |
| Deutsch (de) | Leiter | hochsteigen, Holzleiter, klettern, Leiter, Sprosse, Stufe |
| Italiano (it) | scala | arrampicarsi, oggetto, piolo, scala, scala a pioli, scalino |
| Português (pt) | escada | degrau, escada, mão, subir |
| Nederlands (nl) | ladder | klimmen, ladder, omhoog, omlaag, sport, trede, voorwerp |
| Svenska (sv) | stege | klätterstege, klättra, steg, stege |
| Polski (pl) | drabina | do góry, drabina, hierarchia, ranking, stopnie, szczebel, wspinać się |
| Türkçe (tr) | merdiven | adım, aşağı, ayaklı merdiven, basamak, çıkmak, eşya, merdiven, tırmanış, tırmanmak, yukarı |
| Русский (ru) | лестница | залезать, лезть, лестница, перекладина, стремянка, ступень |
| Українська (uk) | драбина | вилізти, драбина, лізти, перекладина, приставна драбина, сходинка, щабель |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σκάλα | ανεβαίνω, κατεβαίνω, σκάλα, σκαλί, σκαλοπάτι, σκαρφαλώνω |
| العربية (ar) | سلّم | أشياء, تسلق, درج, سلّم, سلم النجاح, صعود, عارضة, متسلق, وصولي |
| עברית (he) | סולם | טיפוס, לטפס, סולם, עלייה |
| فارسی (fa) | نردبان | اشیا, بالا رفتن, پله, پلهٔ نردبان, نردبان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सीढ़ी | चढ़ना, चढ़ाव, ज़ीना, सीढ़ी, स्टेप्स |
| বাংলা (bn) | মই | আরোহণ, ওঠা-নামা, চড়াই করা, পদক্ষেপ, মই, মইয়ের ধাপ, সিঁড়ি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tangga | alat panjat, anak tangga, panjat, tangga, tangga kayu |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thang | bậc thang, leo trèo, nấc, thang |
| ไทย (th) | บันไดปีน | ก้าว, ขั้น, ไต่, บันได, ปีน |
| 日本語 (ja) | はしご | ステッパー, はしご, 梯子, 登る, 高所作業 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 사다리 | 계단, 단계, 발판 사다리, 사다리, 상승, 오르다 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 梯子 | 台阶, 梯子, 梯级, 横档, 爬, 爬梯, 阶梯 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 梯子 | 梯凳, 梯子, 橫木, 爬, 踩, 階梯 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): leer
- Akan (ak): atwedeɛ
- Albanian (sq): shkallë
- Amharic (am): መሰላል
- Armenian (hy): սանդուղք
- Assamese (as): জখলা
- Azerbaijani (az): nərdivan
- Bashkir (ba): баҫҡыс
- Basque (eu): esku-eskailera
- Belarusian (be): драбіны
- Bosnian (bs): ljestve
- Breton (br): skeul
- Bulgarian (bg): стълба
- Burmese (my): လှေကားရှင်
- Cantonese (yue): 梯
- Catalan (ca): escala de mà
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏴᏠ
- Chuvash (cv): пусма
- Croatian (hr): ljestve
- Czech (cs): žebřík
- Danish (da): stige
- Estonian (et): redel
- Faroese (fo): stigi
- Filipino (fil): hagdan
- Finnish (fi): tikkaat
- Galician (gl): escada
- Georgian (ka): კიბე
- Gujarati (gu): નિસરણી
- Hausa (ha): tsani
- Hungarian (hu): létra
- Icelandic (is): stigi
- Igbo (ig): lada
- Irish (ga): dréimire
- Javanese (jv): ondo
- Kannada (kn): ಏಣಿ
- Kazakh (kk): саты
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساتى
- Khmer (km): ជណ្ដើរ
- Konkani (kok): निसण
- Kyrgyz (ky): тепкич
- Lao (lo): ຂັ້ນໄດ
- Latvian (lv): kāpnes
- Lithuanian (lt): kopėčios
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): jabeŕ
- Macedonian (mk): скала
- Malay (ms): tangga
- Malayalam (ml): കോണി
- Marathi (mr): शिडी
- Mongolian (mn): шат
- Nepali (ne): भर्‍याङ
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Láda
- Norwegian (no): stige
- Odia (or): ନିଶୁଣି
- Oromo (om): yaabannoo
- Pashto (ps): زينه
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੌੜੀ
- Quechua (qu): escalera nisqa
- Romanian (ro): scară
- Romansh (rm): stgala
- Sardinian (sc): iscala
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): fàradh
- Serbian (sr): мердевине
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): merdevine
- Shan (shn): ၶူဝ်လႆ
- Sindhi (sd): چاڙهي
- Sinhala (si): ඉණිමඟ
- Slovak (sk): rebrík
- Slovenian (sl): lestev
- Somali (so): jaranjaro
- Swahili (sw): ngazi
- Tamil (ta): ஏணி
- Telugu (te): నిచ్చెన
- Tigrinya (ti): መሳልል
- Tongan (to): tuʻunga
- Turkmen (tk): merdiwan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): rěbl
- Urdu (ur): سیڑھی
- Uzbek (uz): narvon
- Welsh (cy): ysgol ddringo
- Yoruba (yo): àkàbà
- Zulu (zu): ilada

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FA9C` |
| HTML | `🪜` |
| CSS | `\1FA9C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FA9C}` |
| Python | `\U0001FA9C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AA 9C` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DE9C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AA%9C` |

## Questions

### What does the 🪜 ladder emoji mean?

Rungs between two rails make up this ladder, which means climbing, reaching higher places and moving up one step at a time. It appears in posts about home repairs, painting, career advancement and getting ahead.

### How do I type the 🪜 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “ladder”. 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 :ladder:.

### When was the 🪜 emoji added?

🪜 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

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

U+1FA9C. In HTML you can write 🪜, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FA9C}.

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