Meaning
This emoji depicts a female figure in a hard hat and work gear, representing women in the construction industry and trades. The hard hat and work attire are identical to the other construction worker variants, but the feminine figure allows for gender-specific representation of workers in traditionally male-dominated fields.
The woman construction worker emoji is used to represent female laborers, contractors, engineers, and tradespeople in actual work contexts. It's also employed to celebrate women in skilled trades, discuss female leadership in construction, or simply to specify gender when talking about building projects and hard work. In broader messaging, it carries the same metaphorical weight as other construction emoji—symbolizing effort, progress, and industriousness.
This variant has particular significance in highlighting women's growing presence in construction and trades, fields where representation has historically been skewed. It allows for accurate and inclusive communication about diverse workforces.
Approved as Unicode Emoji 4 in 2016, the woman construction worker variant was part of the same standardization push that brought gender balance to profession-based emoji, enabling more accurate representation of modern workforces across all sectors.
Common Uses
- • Representing female construction workers or tradespeople
- • Celebrating women in skilled trades
- • Discussing female-led building or renovation projects
- • Highlighting women in traditionally male-dominated fields
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Women now represent a growing percentage of the construction workforce in many developed countries, making this emoji an increasingly relevant representation of real-world workplaces.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:construction_worker_woman: :female-construction-worker: :construction_worker_woman: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👷‍♀️ |
| HTML (hex) | 👷‍♀️ |
| CSS | \1F477\200D\2640\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC77\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F477\U0000200D\U00002640\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC77\u200D\u2640\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F477}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F477}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2quv-6bx-7k0-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%B7%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xB7 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x80 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
👷♀️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | মহিলা , মেয়ে নির্মাণ কর্মী |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 女建筑工人 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 女建築工人 |
| Danish | kvindelig bygningsarbejder |
| Dutch | vrouwelijke bouwvakker |
| English | woman construction worker |
| English (UK) | woman construction worker |
| Estonian | naisehitaja |
| Finnish | rakennusnainen |
| French | ouvrière du bâtiment |
| German | Bauarbeiterin |
| Hindi | महिला निर्माण मजदूर |
| Hungarian | építőmunkás nő |
| Italian | operaia edile |
| Japanese | 女性の建設作業員 |
| Korean | 건설 현장 여자 노동자 |
| Lithuanian | statybininkė |
| Malay | pekerja pembinaan wanita |
| Norwegian | kvinnelig anleggsarbeider |
| Polish | kobieta budowlaniec |
| Portuguese | pedreira |
| Russian | женщина-строитель |
| Spanish | profesional de la construcción mujer |
| Spanish (Mexico) | obrera de construcción |
| Swedish | kvinnlig byggarbetare |
| Thai | พนักงานก่อสร้างหญิง |
| Ukrainian | жінка-будівельник |
| Vietnamese | công nhân xây dựng nữ |