# 🏗️ Building construction emoji

🏗️ Building construction is an emoji in the buildings set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. Related words: crane.

- Emoji: 🏗️
- Unicode name: building construction
- Code points: U+1F3D7 U+FE0F
- Category: Travel & places, Buildings
- Added: Emoji 0.7 (2014)
- GitHub shortcode: :building_construction:
- Keywords: building, construction, crane
- Page: https://emojichart.com/building-construction-emoji

## What it means

Shown as a crane rising beside a half-built structure on a construction site. Messages use it for building projects, development and renovation, and for anything that is a work in progress or under construction.

## How to type 🏗️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “building construction”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “building construction”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “building construction”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “building construction”.
- GitHub: Type :building_construction: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | construcción | construcción, edificio, obra |
| Français (fr) | construction d’un bâtiment | chantier, construction, construction d’un bâtiment, grue |
| Deutsch (de) | Kran | Bau, bauen, Kran |
| Italiano (it) | edificio in costruzione | cantiere, costruire, edifici, edificio in costruzione, edilizia, gru |
| Português (pt) | construção | construção, guindaste, obra |
| Nederlands (nl) | woningbouw | bouw, bouwen, haven, hijskraan, woningbouw |
| Svenska (sv) | byggarbetsplats | byggarbetsplats, bygge |
| Polski (pl) | dźwig budowlany | budowa, dźwig, dźwig budowlany, roboty budowlane |
| Türkçe (tr) | bina inşaatı | bina, bina inşaatı, inşaat, iş makinası, vinç |
| Русский (ru) | стройка | кран, строительство, стройка |
| Українська (uk) | спорудження будівлі | будівля, спорудження, спорудження будівлі |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κατασκευή κτιρίου | γερανός, κατασκευή, κτίριο, οικοδομή |
| العربية (ar) | إنشاءات | إنشاء, إنشاءات, رافعة, سقالات, مبنى, ورشة بناء |
| עברית (he) | עבודות בניין | בנייה, בניין, מנוף, עבודות, עגורן |
| فارسی (fa) | ساخت‌وساز ساختمانی | احداث, بنا, ساختمان, ساخت‌وساز, ساخت‌وساز ساختمانی, محل ساخت‌وساز |
| हिन्दी (hi) | भवन निर्माण | निर्माण, भवन निर्माण |
| বাংলা (bn) | বিল্ডিং নির্মাণ | ক্রেন, নির্মাণ, বিল্ডিং, বিল্ডিং তৈরি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | konstruksi bangunan | bangunan, crane, derek, konstruksi, pembangunan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | công trường xây dựng | cần cẩu, công trường xây dựng, xây dựng |
| ไทย (th) | ก่อสร้างอาคาร | ก่อสร้าง, ก่อสร้างอาคาร, อาคาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | 建設中 | クレーン, 工事, 建築, 建設, 建設中 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 건물 공사 | 건물, 공사, 크래인 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 建筑施工 | 兴建, 建筑施工, 施工 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 施工中 | 施工, 施工中 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): konstruksie
- Akan (ak): ɛdansie
- Albanian (sq): ndërtim ndërtese
- Amharic (am): የሕንጻ ግንባታ
- Armenian (hy): շենքի կառուցում
- Assamese (as): ভৱন নিৰ্মাণ
- Azerbaijani (az): bina tikintisi
- Bashkir (ba): бина төҙөлөшө
- Basque (eu): eraikuntza-lanak
- Belarusian (be): будаўніцтва
- Bosnian (bs): građevina
- Breton (br): savadur war sevel
- Bulgarian (bg): строеж
- Burmese (my): အဆောက်အအုံများ ဆောက်လုပ်ခြင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 建築物建造
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 建筑物建造
- Catalan (ca): construcció d’edificis
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᎣᏁᏍᎨᏍᎬᎢ ᏗᎾᏁᏍᎨᏍᎩ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 建築地盤
- Chuvash (cv): ҫурт хывни
- Croatian (hr): gradilište
- Czech (cs): staveniště
- Danish (da): byggeplads
- Estonian (et): ehitus
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): construção civil
- Faroese (fo): byggipláss
- Filipino (fil): construction ng gusali
- Finnish (fi): rakennustyömaa
- Galician (gl): construción
- Georgian (ka): შენობის მშენებლობა
- Gujarati (gu): બિલ્ડિંગનું બાંધકામ
- Hausa (ha): aikin gini na gini
- Hungarian (hu): építkezés
- Icelandic (is): mannvirki í byggingu
- Igbo (ig): ọrụ arụmụụlọ
- Irish (ga): foirgníocht
- Javanese (jv): konstruksi wewangunan
- Kalaallisut (kl): bygningskonstruktion
- Kannada (kn): ಕಟ್ಟಡ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ
- Kazakh (kk): ғимарат салу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): عيمارات سالۋ
- Khmer (km): កន្លែងសាងសង់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): icyubakwa
- Konkani (kok): ईमारत बांधकाम
- Kyrgyz (ky): имарат курулушу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): tz’qb’al ja
- Lao (lo): ການກໍ່ສ້າງອາຄານ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): edificio en construcción
- Latvian (lv): būvlaukums
- Lithuanian (lt): pastato konstrukcija
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): twarnišćo
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kran
- Macedonian (mk): градежен објект
- Malay (ms): pembinaan bangunan
- Malayalam (ml): കെട്ടിട നിർമ്മാണം
- Maltese (mt): kostruzzjoni tal-bini
- Marathi (mr): इमारत बांधकाम
- Mongolian (mn): барилга угсралт
- Māori (mi): hangatanga whare
- Nepali (ne): निर्माण संरचना
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bíldín Kọnstrọ́kshọn
- Northern Sotho (nso): go aga moago
- Norwegian (no): bygning under konstruksjon
- Odia (or): ଅଟ୍ଟାଳିକା ନିର୍ମାଣ
- Oromo (om): ijaarsa ijaaruu
- Pashto (ps): وداني رغول
- Punjabi (pa): ਇਮਾਰਤ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): عمارت دی تعمیر
- Quechua (qu): hatun wasi wasichiynin
- Romanian (ro): clădire în construcție
- Romansh (rm): edifizi en construcziun
- Sardinian (sc): fàbricu de un’edifìtziu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): togail taighe
- Serbian (sr): градилиште
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gradilište
- Shan (shn): ၵၢၼ်ၵေႃႇသၢင်ႈႁူင်းႁေႃ
- Sindhi (sd): عمارت جي اڏاوت
- Sinhala (si): ගොඩනැගිලි ඉදි කිරීම
- Slovak (sk): stavba
- Slovenian (sl): gradbišče
- Somali (so): daar dhisidda
- Swahili (sw): ujenzi wa jengo
- Tajik (tg): сохтмони бино
- Tamil (ta): கட்டிடம் கட்டுதல்
- Telugu (te): భవన నిర్మాణం
- Tigrinya (ti): ህንጸት ህንጻ
- Tongan (to): langa fale
- Tswana (tn): go agiwa ga kago
- Turkmen (tk): binanyň gurluşygy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): twarnišćo
- Urdu (ur): عمارت کی تعمیر
- Uyghur (ug): بىنا قۇرۇلۇشى
- Uzbek (uz): bino qurilishi
- Welsh (cy): adeiladwaith adeilad
- Wolof (wo): tabax ab tabax
- Xhosa (xh): ulwakhiwo lwesakhiwo
- Yoruba (yo): iṣẹ́ ọnà ilé
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ishɛ́ ɔnà ilé
- Zulu (zu): ukwakha isakhiwo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F3D7 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🏗️` |
| CSS | `\1F3D7\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F3D7}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F3D7\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8F 97 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DFD7 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8F%97%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🏗️ building construction emoji mean?

Shown as a crane rising beside a half-built structure on a construction site. Messages use it for building projects, development and renovation, and for anything that is a work in progress or under construction.

### How do I type the 🏗️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “building construction”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :building_construction:.

### When was the 🏗️ emoji added?

🏗️ was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🏗️?

U+1F3D7 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🏗️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F3D7}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/building-construction-emoji