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oncoming taxi

A yellow taxi cab seen from the front, often shown with a lit roof sign, indicating a taxi approaching the viewer

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Code points
U+1F696
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Meaning

A yellow taxi cab seen from the front, often shown with a lit roof sign, indicating a taxi approaching the viewer. It commonly represents taxis, cab rides, or hailing a ride, and can appear in messages about travel, commuting, or getting home after a night out. It can also suggest arriving somewhere or being on the way. Usage is sometimes ambiguous with other car symbols, so context usually clarifies whether a specific taxi or general transport is meant.

Oncoming taxi โ€” Approved as part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 โ€” official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+1F696
Unicode name
oncoming taxi
Category
Travel & PlacesGround transport
Unicode
8.0 ยท 2015Emoji 1.0
Keywords
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Developer

Single code point
Unicode data
Code pointsU+1F696
Unicode nameoncoming taxi
UTF-8F0 9F 9A 96
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):oncoming_taxi:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)🚖
HTML (decimal)🚖
CSS\1F696
Languages
JavaScript\u{1F696}
Python\U0001F696
Perl\x{1F696}
PHP / Ruby\u{1F696}
Encodings
Punycodexn--o68h
URL escape code%F0%9F%9A%96

Frequently asked

What does ๐Ÿš– oncoming taxi mean?

A yellow taxi cab seen from the front, often shown with a lit roof sign, indicating a taxi approaching the viewer. It commonly represents taxis, cab rides, or hailing a ride, and can appear in messages about travel, commuting, or getting home after a night out. It can also suggest arriving somewhere or being on the way. Usage is sometimes ambiguous with other car symbols, so context usually clarifies whether a specific taxi or general transport is meant.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ๐Ÿš– oncoming taxi?

U+1F696 (Unicode 8.0, 2015) ยท :oncoming_taxi:

Which emojis are related to ๐Ÿš– oncoming taxi?

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