Construction emoji 🚧 (under construction, work in progress)
🚧 is construction: a yellow-and-black striped road barrier. It means under construction, work in progress, not finished yet — a website being built, a project in draft…
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What the construction 🚧 (under construction, work in progress) emoji means
🚧 is construction: a yellow-and-black striped road barrier. It means under construction, work in progress, not finished yet — a website being built, a project in draft, a profile still being set up, a room mid-renovation. Developers and designers use it in commit messages and Notion pages as the WIP marker; on social it flags “bear with me”. It is also literal roadworks. The people and tools of the building site are 👷 construction worker, 🏗️ building construction and 🔨 hammer; for danger use ⚠️ warning.
Unicode name: construction · U+1F6A7 · Emoji 0.6 (original set) · group: Travel & Places.
How people use it
- Work in progress: drafts, unfinished projects
- Under construction: websites, profiles, renovations
- Coming soon: teasers
- Roadworks: commutes, detours
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| constructionU+1F6A7 | Barrier: WIP, under construction | |
| construction workerU+1F477 | The builder | |
| building constructionU+1F3D7 U+FE0F | Crane and site | |
| warningU+26A0 U+FE0F | Caution | |
| hammerU+1F528 | Tools, fixing |
Questions people ask
What does 🚧 mean?
Under construction or work in progress: something is not finished yet. Literally, it is a roadworks barrier.
Is there a work in progress emoji?
🚧 is the one most used for WIP, with 🛠️ hammer and wrench and 🏗️ as alternatives.
What does 🚧 mean in a commit message?
Work in progress — the change is incomplete. It comes from the gitmoji convention.
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