woman factory worker
Unicode: 1F469 200D 1F3ED
Description
A woman wearing a graduation cap and gown, often seen with a scroll or diploma. The 'woman' emoji combined with the 'graduation cap' emoji.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents achievement, success, education, graduation, pride, and moving forward in life. It conveys a sense of accomplishment and celebration.
Backstory
This is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence emoji, combining two individual emojis (👩 Woman + 🎓 Graduation Cap) to create a single, more specific emoji. It was formed to represent a gender-specific graduate, aligning with Unicode's efforts to create more inclusive and diverse representations for various professions and roles. It was added to Emoji 4.0 (2016) via Unicode 9.0.
Usage Examples
- Celebrating a graduation: 'She finally did it! 👩🎓'
- Announcing a degree: 'Proud to be a new grad! 👩🎓'
- Congratulating someone on academic success: 'Congrats on your Master's! 👩🎓'
- Representing higher education: 'Working towards my degree! 👩🎓'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Widely used to celebrate academic milestones, graduations from high school, university, or other educational programs. Signifies personal achievement.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often associated with the completion of academic stages and the beginning of a professional career. Can also represent the hard work involved in education.