What does 🪜 Ladder mean?
A ladder with rungs. It stands for climbing, progress, step-by-step growth and reaching higher. People use it for career moves (“climbing the ladder”), personal goals and leveling up, as well as for literal home projects like painting a ceiling or clearing gutters. It arrived with Emoji 13.0 and pairs well with 📈 for success stories.
🪜 Ladder is an emoji from the Objects category (tools), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about climb, rung and step.
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🪜 Ladder on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Ladder looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Ladder emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪜 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :ladder:.
When was the Ladder emoji added?
🪜 Ladder was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪜 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Ladder. The underlying code (U+1FA9C) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.