Travel & Places · Emoji 1.0
🚦Vertical Traffic Light Emoji
Generally, 🚦 means “okay,” “let’s go,” or “things are moving forward.” It’s often used to signal agreement or approval in a text conversation.
The 🚦 emoji shows a vertical traffic light.
- Unicode
- U+1F6A6
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :vertical_
traffic_ light: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 8.
People also look for it as traffic light emoji.
02 — Platforms
Vertical Traffic Light emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F6A6. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Vertical Traffic Light emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :vertical_traffic_light:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F6A6.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F6A6 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Vertical Traffic Light emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Vertical Traffic Light emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around vertical traffic light for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 🚦, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — Emoji Kitchen
Vertical Traffic Light Emoji Kitchen stickers
Mixed with other emojis by Google's Kitchen — 619 stickers exist for the vertical traffic light, and 12 of them are below. Tap any to open it full size.
Mix it yourself →
08 — In conversation
What 🚦 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Apps
What 🚦 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the vertical traffic light lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
🚦 vs 🚥 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Vertical Traffic Light
Code: U+1F6A6 · added 2015
Shortcode: :vertical_traffic_light:
Generally, 🚦 means “okay,” “let’s go,” or “things are moving forward.”
Unicode name: Horizontal Traffic Light
Code: U+1F6A5 · added 2010
Shortcode: :traffic_light:
Basically, it means “pay attention” or “watch out.”
12 — History
Where the 🚦 Vertical Traffic Light emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F6A6 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Vertical Traffic Light was approved as U+1F6A6 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🚦 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ