Ladder Emoji
Objects
A tall, portable ladder consisting of two side rails connected by a series of horizontal rungs. It is depicted as a standard wood or metal frame designed for reaching heights.
Usage Context
Used to talk about home improvement projects, climbing, or the literal act of working on a roof or painting. It is frequently sent as a metaphor for climbing the corporate ladder or achieving professional growth, often paired with the building or construction emojis.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the ladder was requested to fill a gap in the tool category, allowing users to more easily describe manual labor, trade work, and everyday repair tasks that were previously difficult to express with existing icons.
Details
Glyph
🪜
Unicode
U+1FA9C
Shortcode
:emoji_u1fa9c:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Objects
Subcategory tool
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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