Hammer and wrench Emoji

Objects

A silver-headed hammer crossed with a steel wrench, pointing toward the upper right. It signifies manual labor, mechanical repairs, or the act of building something from scratch.

Usage Context

Used frequently in professional and personal messaging to indicate that a project is a work in progress, a repair is being performed, or that one is actively tinkering with software or hardware. It acts as the visual counterpart to the ⚙️ gear or the 🏗️ building construction emoji when discussing updates or fixes.

History

Added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, this icon was introduced to give developers and hobbyists a clear way to signal technical maintenance or DIY projects, moving beyond the older, more general tool icons.

Details

Glyph

🛠

Unicode

U+1F6E0

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6e0:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEE0;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory tool

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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