About
The Ladder emoji (🪜) is your go-to for any situation involving upward mobility—literally or metaphorically. Whether you're talking about climbing the corporate ladder, reaching new heights in life, or just trying to change a lightbulb, this emoji captures that satisfying step-by-step journey to somewhere better. It's the visual embodiment of progress, one rung at a time.
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Vibe & Tone
steady progressmotivationalpracticalaspirationalpositive
About
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- Objects
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When to use 🪜
- →Celebrating a job promotion or career advancement
- →Talking about home improvement or DIY projects
- →Motivating someone to reach their goals step by step
- →Describing literal climbing or getting to high places
- →Representing gradual progress toward achievement
Keywords
ladderclimbrungstepobjects
Related Concepts
climb the ladderstep upmoving uppromotiongoalsprogressreaching highernext levelascendupgrade
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1FA9C
- Unicode Version
- 13.0
- Added in Emoji
- 13
Did you know?
The ladder emoji arrived in 2020 as part of Unicode 13.0, joining a wave of practical household objects that finally got their digital moment—because apparently we needed to emoji about changing lightbulbs and reaching tall shelves.
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