woman construction worker: medium skin tone
Unicode: 1F477 1F3FD 200D 2640 FE0F
Description
A person wearing a hard hat, specifically a woman with medium skin tone. This emoji's components represent a construction worker, engineer, or someone involved in manual labor and safety.
Group:
People & Body > person-role
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents diligence, safety, hard work, construction, building, or professionalism. It can also signify a 'can-do' attitude, problem-solving, or preparedness.
Backstory
This emoji is part of a larger set of 'person' emojis that can be customized with various skin tones and genders. The 'person with hard hat' was first approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The gender (woman) and skin tone (medium) modifiers were added later to provide more inclusive representation, allowing users to accurately depict a diverse range of professions and individuals.
Usage Examples
- Talking about construction projects: 'The new building downtown is almost finished 👷🏽♀️🏗️'.
- Encouraging hard work: 'Time to put on our hard hats and get to work! 👷🏽♀️'.
- Referring to an engineer or architect: 'Our lead engineer looked into the issue 👷🏽♀️'.
- Emphasizing safety: 'Remember to wear your helmet 👷🏽♀️'.
- Figuratively 'building' something: 'We're really building something special here 👷🏽♀️'.
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly associated with construction, engineering, blue-collar work, or safety regulations (e.g., 'safety first').
East Asian culture:
Similar associations with construction and labor, but can also be used playfully to imply someone is 'working hard' or 'on duty' in a non-literal sense.