Vertical Traffic Light

🚦 is the vertical traffic light emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “drove”, “intersection”, “signal”, and “stop”.

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Where transport-ground emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Commutes, road trips, deliveries, and vehicle posts

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT
CLDR short name: vertical traffic light
Codepoint: U+1F6A6
Hex: 1F6A6
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: Travel & Places
Unicode subgroup: transport-ground
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:vertical_traffic_light:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

drove · intersection · light · signal · stop · stoplight · traffic · vertical

How it looks

Vertical Traffic Light — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Vertical Traffic Light — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Vertical Traffic Light — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🚦. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🚦 vertical traffic light emoji mean?: 🚦 is the vertical traffic light emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “drove”, “intersection”, “signal”, and “stop”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🚦?: U+1F6A6, named VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🚦 vertical traffic light emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🚦 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “vertical traffic light”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🚦 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🚦?: On GitHub, type :vertical_traffic_light: and it turns into 🚦 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.