Children crossing Emoji

Symbols

A yellow diamond-shaped sign featuring the silhouette of two children walking hand-in-hand. The bright yellow color is designed to stand out against typical road environments to alert drivers of nearby schools or play areas.

Usage Context

Drivers use this to signal caution when passing through school zones or neighborhoods. It is frequently sent in group chats to announce a trip to school or to warn others about busy areas where kids might be running into the street. It acts as a digital version of the physical traffic signs seen on daily commutes, often paired with the 🏫 school or 🚌 bus emojis.

History

This symbol is based on international road traffic conventions, specifically the standardized signage used in many countries to warn motorists of pedestrian crossings. It was brought into the Unicode set in 2010 to help translate common real-world road hazards into digital communication during the rapid expansion of smartphone texting.

Details

Glyph

🚸

Unicode

U+1F6B8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6b8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEB8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory warning

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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