U+1F3D7 "🏗" Building Construction Unicode Character

U+1F3D7 "🏗" Building Construction is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and depicts a construction crane hoisting a large beam or girder above a partially completed building structure. Commonly used in digital communication to represent construction sites, building projects, or the act of creating or developing something new, this emoji symbolizes progress, renovation, and the literal work of erecting buildings. Its design originates from typical construction scenes, and it is often employed in contexts involving architecture, urban development, home improvement, or metaphorically to indicate that a project or idea is still under development.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F3D7
Version Added	7.0
Name	Building Construction
Block	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	🏗
HTML Hex Encoding	🏗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83C 0xDFD7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F3D7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83c\udfd7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other
Emoji	Yes
Extended Pictographic	Yes