man construction worker: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F477 1F3FD 200D 2642 FE0F
Description
A man wearing a hard hat, with medium skin tone. He is typically depicted as a construction worker or miner.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Generally represents labor, construction, safety, or blue-collar work. Can also imply diligence or hard work.
Backstory
The 'Man Construction Worker' emoji is part of a series of profession-specific emojis, aiming to represent various occupations. The base 'Person: Construction Worker' (1F477) was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010), and the gendered man (2642), skin tone (1F3FD), and ZWJ (200D) elements were combined later as part of efforts to diversify emoji representation.
Usage Examples
- Talking about construction projects: 'The new building is almost finished 👷🏽♂️'
- Discussing work or labor: 'Time to get to work! 👷🏽♂️'
- Referring to someone in the construction industry: 'My dad is a construction worker 👷🏽♂️'
- Expressing hard work: 'Been working hard all day 👷🏽♂️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly associated with construction sites, manual labor, or infrastructure development. Can be used in contexts of 'getting work done' or 'building something'.
East Asian culture:
Similar associations with construction and labor. May also be used to represent a strong, reliable person, particularly in a work-related context.