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🔨 Hammer
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🔨 Emoji meaning
I'm building my dream house! Let's tackle it, build it, auction it, or tear it down.
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🔨 Meaning
Using the sledge hammer method or hit the nail on the head. A hammer builds something up or tears it down. Something goes under the hammer, is auctioned. Symbol of strength.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Hammer and pick vs hammer; both hammer-based tools used in mining/building contexts.
Hammer and wrench vs hammer; multi-tool icon vs single tool, both repair symbols.
Wrench vs hammer; both tools used for fixing or building things.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Hammer” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ home + improvement + repairs
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ hammer
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ tool
