woman construction worker: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F477 1F3FC 200D 2640
Description
A woman wearing a hard hat, indicating a construction worker or someone in a similar role. The '1F3FC' specifies a light skin tone. The '200D 2640' is a zero-width joiner sequence indicating a female.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
minimally-qualified
Emotion:
Neutral, representing a professional or worker. Conveys diligence, practical work, or a specific occupation.
Backstory
The basic 'person with hard hat' emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 (2010). The skin tone variants were introduced with Unicode 8.0 (2015), and the gendered versions (specifying female) were added with Unicode 4.0 (2003) for the female sign and joined with the person emoji later to create gendered sequences.
Usage Examples
- Indicating a female construction worker: 'Our new project manager is a real go-getter. 👷🏻♀️'
- Representing a female engineer: 'She's a brilliant structural engineer. 👷🏻♀️'
- Discussing women in trades: 'We need more women in skilled trades! 👷🏻♀️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to represent women in trades, construction, or engineering. Can symbolize female empowerment in traditionally male-dominated fields.
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, representing a female worker in the industrial or construction sector. Can also be used to depict a character from a work-related scenario.