🚦 Vertical traffic light
🚦 Emoji meaning
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🚦 Meaning
The colors of the traffic lights regulate the traffic flow and prevent dangerous traffic situations. The first traffic light, which was operated by gas light, was erected in London in 1868 and exploded shortly thereafter. Emoji can refer to the traffic, be an excuse for a delay or represent traffic light labeling in the food sector.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Chequered flag vs vertical traffic light; both racing/road symbols for finish lines and starts.
Direction Variant
Horizontal traffic light vs vertical traffic light; both control road traffic, orientation difference only.
Vertical traffic light vs construction; both appear on roads, indicating caution or control.
Same Shape
Motorway vs vertical traffic light; both relate to roads, and light icons often appear on highways.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Vertical traffic light” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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