Oncoming taxi emoji 🚖
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F696
What 🚖 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🚖 are cab, cabbie, cars, drove, hail, oncoming, taxi, yellow. They show what people use it for.
Search for cab or cabbie on your emoji keyboard and 🚖 is among the results.
You will find 🚖 among the cars and trains (50 emoji), part of travel & places with 221 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🚗 🚘 🚙 🛻.
Will 🚖 show on my friend's phone?
🚖 has been around since Emoji 1.0 (2015), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🚖
Search for oncoming taxi in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🚖.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type oncoming taxi.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type oncoming taxi in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type oncoming taxi.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🚖 is one code point (U+1F696), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F696 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🚖 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🚖 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F696"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F696} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%9A%96 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9A 96 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🚖 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | oncoming taxi |
| Português | táxi se aproximando |
| Español | taxi próximo |
| Italiano | taxi in arrivo |
| Français | taxi de face |
| Deutsch | Taxi von vorne |
| Türkçe | yaklaşan taksi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | taksi datang |
| Polski | nadjeżdżająca taksówka |
| Русский | такси спереди |
| 日本語 | タクシー正面 |
| 한국어 | 오고 있는 택시 |
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What does the oncoming taxi emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🚖 "oncoming taxi" and links it with cab, cabbie, cars, drove. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the cars and trains subgroup of travel & places.
When was the oncoming taxi emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the oncoming taxi emoji?
Search for oncoming taxi in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🚖.