Vertical Traffic Light 🚦
🚦 (U+1F6A6) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Vertical Traffic Light is part of the Symbols family (block: Transport and Map Symbols). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT. It signals guidance or status in messages and interfaces by using its traffic control meaning. In practice, you can use it to indicate a process pause or stop in a chat, a step that requires attention, or a flow change in a UI flow. It can mark a decision point in planning text or to draw attention to an action item related to safety or order. It may also serve as a visual cue in dashboards or status panels to show a halt or caution state. Across platforms, appearance varies by font and app, so colors and detail can differ. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide a clear alt text or description for assistive tech.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F6A6 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F6A6 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Transport and Map Symbols - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 9A A6 - UTF-16:
D83D DEA6 - UTF-32:
0001F6A6 - HTML dec:
🚦 - HTML hex:
🚦 - JS escape:
\u{1F6A6} - Python \N{}:
\N{VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT} - Python \U:
\U0001F6A6 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%9A%A6 - CSS escape:
\1F6A6
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F6A6 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🚦 (hex) or 🚦 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.