Construction worker: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a yellow safety hardhat, portrayed with a medium skin tone. The character is typically depicted with a neutral or focused expression to reflect a professional work environment.

Usage Context

Used to signal that a project is currently under development, a website is undergoing maintenance, or to highlight manual labor and home improvement tasks. It is frequently sent alongside 🏗️ or 🔨 to illustrate building progress or general repair jobs.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard as part of an effort to introduce professional roles and skin tone modifiers, allowing for more accurate representation of the global workforce. The hardhat design mimics standard personal protective equipment used in industrial sites since the early 20th century.

Details

Glyph

👷🏽

Unicode

U+1F477 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f477_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC77;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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