Auto rickshaw Emoji

Travel

A yellow three-wheeled motorized vehicle with an open-air cabin, commonly known as an auto rickshaw. The icon shows the side profile of the vehicle, capturing its compact frame and distinctive handle-bar steering setup.

Usage Context

Used to represent urban travel, quick transport, or specific travel experiences in regions like South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is often sent when discussing traffic, commuting in busy cities, or shared alongside other transit icons like 🚕 or 🚲 to discuss logistics in crowded environments.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019, this emoji was introduced to better represent common regional transit methods used globally. Its inclusion highlights the shift toward more inclusive, localized transportation icons that move beyond standard Western car designs.

Details

Glyph

🛺

Unicode

U+1F6FA

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6fa:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEFA;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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