Bus Emoji

Travel

A side-facing view of a yellow public transit bus, typically featuring large windows, wheels, and a front windshield. It represents a common mode of urban and rural ground transportation.

Usage Context

Used to discuss daily commutes, public transit delays, or group travel plans. It is often paired with the 🚏 bus stop sign or the 🚌 to signal that you are currently in transit. While it is frequently associated with school transport, it serves as a general marker for any large-capacity vehicle.

History

Introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the bus emoji was part of a major expansion of transportation icons designed to support the growing need for mobile communication regarding travel schedules and logistics on early smartphones.

Details

Glyph

🚌

Unicode

U+1F68C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f68c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE8C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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