Hammer and pick emoji meaning

The hammer and pick emoji depicts a hammer and a pick crossing each other. These are tools commonly associated with mining, construction, or other types of manual labor. This emoji represents hard work, determination, and the act of building or creating something. It is often used when talking about DIY projects, physical tasks, or facing and overcoming challenges. The image of these tools highlights the importance of effort and perseverance in accomplishing a goal.

The hammer and pick emoji was approved in Unicode 4.1 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/13207