# 🚥 Horizontal traffic light emoji

🚥 Horizontal traffic light is an emoji in the ground transport set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: intersection, signal, stop and stoplight.

- Emoji: 🚥
- Unicode name: horizontal traffic light
- Code points: U+1F6A5
- Category: Travel & places, Ground transport
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :traffic_light:
- Keywords: horizontal, intersection, light, signal, stop, stoplight, traffic
- Page: https://emojichart.com/horizontal-traffic-light-emoji

## What it means

A traffic signal turned on its side shows its red, yellow and green lamps in a row. People use it for traffic lights and intersections, and to signal stop, caution or go, often when talking about driving or waiting your turn.

## How to type 🚥

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | semáforo horizontal | luz, semáforo horizontal, señales de tráfico, tráfico |
| Français (fr) | feu tricolore horizontal | carrefour, croisement, feu, feu de circulation, feu tricolore horizontal, tricolore |
| Deutsch (de) | horizontale Verkehrsampel | Ampel, horizontale Verkehrsampel, Horizontale Verkehrsampel, Verkehrsampel, vertikal |
| Italiano (it) | semaforo orizzontale | orizzontale, semaforo, traffico |
| Português (pt) | semáforo horizontal | cruzamento, horizontal, luz, semáforo, sinal, sinaleira, trânsito |
| Nederlands (nl) | horizontaal verkeerslicht | horizontaal verkeerslicht, licht, stoplicht, verkeer, verkeerslichten |
| Svenska (sv) | vågräta trafikljus | trafikljus, vågräta trafikljus |
| Polski (pl) | pozioma sygnalizacja uliczna | drogowe, pozioma, światła, świetlna, sygnalizacja, uliczna |
| Türkçe (tr) | yatay trafik ışıkları | ışık, trafik, trafik lambası, trafik sinyalleri, yatay trafik ışığı, yatay trafik ışıkları |
| Русский (ru) | горизонтальный светофор | горизонтальный светофор, свет, светофор |
| Українська (uk) | горизонтальний світлофор | горизонтальний світлофор, світлофор, транспорт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | οριζόντιο φανάρι | διασταύρωση, κίνηση, κόκκινο φανάρι, λυχνία, οριζόντιο φανάρι, σήμα, φανάρι |
| العربية (ar) | إشارة مرور أفقية | إشارات مرور أفقية, إشارة مرور أفقية, اشارة مرور, مرور |
| עברית (he) | רמזור אופקי | רמזור, רמזור אופקי |
| فارسی (fa) | چراغ راهنمایی افقی | ترافیک, چراغ, چراغ راهنمایی افقی, علامت |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ट्रैफ़िक लाइट, क्षैतिज यातायात संकेत | क्षैतिज ट्रैफ़िक लाइट, क्षैतिज यातायात संकेत, ट्रैफ़िक लाइट, ट्रैफ़िक लाइट, क्षैतिज यातायात संकेत, यातायात, यातायात संकेत, लाइट |
| বাংলা (bn) | অনুভূমিক ট্রাফিক লাইট | অনুভূমিক ট্রাফিক লাইট, আলো, ট্রাফিক, সিগন্যাল, স্পট লাইট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lampu lalu lintas horizontal | lalu, lampu, lampu lalu lintas horizontal, lintas, sinyal |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | đèn giao thông ngang | biển báo, đèn, đèn giao thông ngang, giao thông |
| ไทย (th) | ไฟจราจรแนวนอน | จราจร, ทางแยก, แนวนอน, ไฟ, สัญญาณ, หยุด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 信号横 | 交差点, 交通, 信号, 信号横, 信号機 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 가로 신호등 | 가로, 교차로, 교통, 수평, 신호, 신호등, 정지 신호 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 横向的红绿灯 | 交通灯, 信号灯, 横向的红绿灯, 红绿灯 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 紅綠燈 | 交通號誌, 紅綠燈 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): horisontale verkeerslig
- Akan (ak): kar kanea a ɛda fam
- Albanian (sq): semafor horizontal
- Amharic (am): አግድማዊ የትራፊክ መብራት
- Anii (blo): anyɩŋcakʊra kafǝtǝla atoriuyar araɖaka
- Armenian (hy): հորիզոնական լուսացույց
- Assamese (as): অনুভূমিক ট্ৰেফিক লাইট
- Azerbaijani (az): üfüqi işıqfor
- Bashkir (ba): горизонталь светофор
- Basque (eu): semaforo horizontala
- Belarusian (be): гарызантальны святлафор
- Bosnian (bs): horizontalni semafor
- Bulgarian (bg): хоризонтален светофар
- Burmese (my): အလျားလိုက်ပြ မီးပွိုင့်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): feu de circulation horizontal
- Cantonese (yue): 水平交通燈
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 水平交通灯
- Catalan (ca): semàfor horitzontal
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏱ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): горизонталлӑ ҫутӑфор
- Croatian (hr): vodoravni semafor
- Czech (cs): vodorovný semafor
- Danish (da): liggende trafiklys
- Estonian (et): horisontaalne foor
- Faroese (fo): vatnrætt ferðsluljós
- Filipino (fil): pahalang na traffic light
- Finnish (fi): vaakasuuntaiset liikennevalot
- Galician (gl): semáforo horizontal
- Georgian (ka): ჰორიზონტალური შუქნიშანი
- Gujarati (gu): આડી ટ્રાફિક લાઇટ
- Hausa (ha): wutar tarafik mai kwance
- Hungarian (hu): vízszintes közlekedési lámpa
- Icelandic (is): lárétt umferðarljós
- Igbo (ig): ọkụ ngafè ụgbọala uhie
- Irish (ga): soilse tráchta cothrománacha
- Javanese (jv): lampu bangjo turu
- Kalaallisut (kl): liggende trafiklys
- Kannada (kn): ಅಡ್ಡಲಾಗಿರುವ ಸಂಚಾರಿ ಬೆಳಕು
- Kazakh (kk): көлденең бағдаршам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كولدەنەڭ باعدارشام
- Khmer (km): ភ្លើងចរាចរណ៍ផ្តេក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibimenyetso bimurika bitambitse
- Konkani (kok): आडवो येरादारी दिवो
- Kyrgyz (ky): туурасынан орнотулган жолчырак
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Qe’l Ucholajil Ch’ich’
- Lao (lo): ໄຟຈາລະຈອນແນວນອນ
- Latvian (lv): horizontāls luksofors
- Lithuanian (lt): horizontalus šviesoforas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wódorowna ampla
- Luxembourgish (lb): horizontal rout Luucht
- Macedonian (mk): хоризонтален семафор
- Malay (ms): lampu isyarat melintang
- Malayalam (ml): തിരശ്ചീന ട്രാഫിക്ക് ലൈഫ്
- Maltese (mt): dawl tat-traffiku orizzontali
- Marathi (mr): क्षैतिज रहदारीचा दिवा
- Mongolian (mn): замын хөндлөн гэрэл
- Māori (mi): rama huarahi haupae
- Nepali (ne): तेर्सो ट्राफिक लाइट
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Flát-an-Lẹ́vúl Tráfík Lait
- Northern Sotho (nso): roboto ya go rapama
- Norwegian (no): horisontale trafikklys
- Odia (or): ଭୂସମାନ୍ତର ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ଟ୍ରାଫିକ୍‌ ଆଲୋକ
- Oromo (om): ibsaa tiraafikaa dalgaa
- Pashto (ps): افقی ټرافيکي رڼا
- Punjabi (pa): ਲੇਟਵੀਂ ਟ੍ਰੈਫਿਕ ਲਾਈਟ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ٹریفک دی اُفقی بتی
- Quechua (qu): kinranpa semaforo
- Romanian (ro): semafor orizontal
- Romansh (rm): ampla orizontala
- Sardinian (sc): semàforu orizontale
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): solais-thrafaig chòmhnard
- Serbian (sr): хоризонтални семафор
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): horizontalni semafor
- Shan (shn): ၶၢဝ်ႈၾႆးဢၼ်ၼွၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): افقي ٽريفڪ جي لائيٽ
- Sinhala (si): සිරස් මාර්ග තදබද ලාම්පුව
- Slovak (sk): vodorovný semafor
- Slovenian (sl): vodoravni semafor
- Somali (so): iftiinka taraafikada oo jiifta
- Swahili (sw): taa mlalo ya trafiki
- Tajik (tg): чароғи раҳнамои уфуқӣ
- Tamil (ta): கிடைமட்ட ட்ராஃபிக் லைட்டுகள்
- Telugu (te): అడ్డు ట్రాఫిక్ లైట్
- Tigrinya (ti): ልኡል መብራህቲ ትራፊክ
- Tongan (to): maama hala fakalava
- Tswana (tn): lebone la pharakano le le phekameng
- Turkmen (tk): kese ýolyşyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wodoruna ampla
- Urdu (ur): افقی ٹریفک لائٹ
- Uyghur (ug): تۈز قاتناش چىرىقى
- Uzbek (uz): yotiq svetofor
- Welsh (cy): golau traffig llorweddol
- Wolof (wo): làmpi estop yu tëdd
- Xhosa (xh): isibane setrafiki esithe tyaba
- Yoruba (yo): Ina Adariko Onidubu
- Zulu (zu): irobhothi elivundlile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F6A5` |
| HTML | `🚥` |
| CSS | `\1F6A5` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F6A5}` |
| Python | `\U0001F6A5` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9A A5` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DEA5` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9A%A5` |

## Questions

### What does the 🚥 horizontal traffic light emoji mean?

A traffic signal turned on its side shows its red, yellow and green lamps in a row. People use it for traffic lights and intersections, and to signal stop, caution or go, often when talking about driving or waiting your turn.

### How do I type the 🚥 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “horizontal traffic light”. 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 :traffic_light:.

### When was the 🚥 emoji added?

🚥 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F6A5. In HTML you can write 🚥, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6A5}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/horizontal-traffic-light-emoji