Building construction emoji 🏗️ (crane)
🏗️ is the building construction: a crane over a half-built tower. It means construction sites and cranes — new builds, property development, city skylines — and work in…
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What the building construction 🏗️ (crane) emoji means
🏗️ is the building construction: a crane over a half-built tower. It means construction sites and cranes — new builds, property development, city skylines — and work in progress: a site under construction, a project being built, “building something new 🏗️” in startup posts. Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015) with a variation selector. Site set: 🚧 construction sign, 👷 construction worker, 🔨 hammer, 🧱 brick; the finished thing 🏢 office building.
Unicode name: building construction · U+1F3D7 U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7 (original set) · group: Travel & Places.
How people use it
- Construction: sites, cranes, new builds
- Work in progress: projects, websites
- Property: development, renovations
- Startups: “building in public”
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| building constructionU+1F3D7 U+FE0F | Crane, site | |
| constructionU+1F6A7 | Barrier sign | |
| construction workerU+1F477 | Builder | |
| hammerU+1F528 | Building | |
| office buildingU+1F3E2 | Finished tower |
Questions people ask
Is there a crane emoji?
🏗️ building construction shows a tower crane.
What does 🏗️ mean?
Construction — a site, or something being built.
Why does 🏗 look grey?
It needs its variation selector; copy 🏗️ from this page.
About this guide
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