construction worker: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F477 1F3FD
Description
An emoji depicting a person wearing a hard hat, with a slightly darker skin tone, representing a construction worker or someone involved in manual labor.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents diligence, hard work, construction, building, or manual labor. Can also signify safety or protection in a work context.
Backstory
The 'Person With Hard Hat' emoji (originally 'Construction Worker') was introduced as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The skin tone modifier (1F3FD for light skin tone) was added later with Unicode 8.0 in 2015 to allow for greater diversity in emoji representation.
Usage Examples
- Working hard on a project: 'Another day at the office! 👷🏽'
- Talking about construction: 'They're building a new bridge downtown 👷🏽'
- Expressing effort: 'Putting in some serious work today 👷🏽'
- Referring to manual labor: 'It's tough, but rewarding work 👷🏽'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent construction professionals, tradespeople, or general manual labor.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often seen in contexts related to infrastructure development or industrial work. The safety aspect of the hard hat is also emphasized.