oncoming taxi Emoji
🚖 · U+1F696 · Emoji 1.0
What does the oncoming taxi emoji mean?
When navigating unfamiliar cities or hailing a ride, individuals often reach for the 🚖 emoji to represent a taxi, which is a vehicle for hire with a driver, typically used for short trips. This symbol can be used literally to indicate a taxi is needed or seen, but it also has figurative uses, such as representing a convenient or expensive mode of transportation. In slang, the 🚖 emoji may be used to express a desire to leave a place quickly or to signify a night out, especially when combined with other nightlife-related emojis. The 🚖 emoji is often associated with urban environments and city life.
oncoming taxi emoji examples
- Just hailed a 🚖 to the airport, see you soon
- Need a 🚖 to take me home from the party tonight
How to copy the oncoming taxi emoji
To use the oncoming taxi emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F696), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
oncoming taxi emoji on different platforms
How the oncoming taxi emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
oncoming taxi Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🚖 |
| Name | oncoming taxi |
| Category | Travel & Places |
| Codepoints | U+1F696 |
| Shortcode | :oncoming_taxi: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
oncoming taxi Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F696, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :oncoming_taxi:.
People also search for the oncoming taxi emoji as cab, cabbie, cars, drove, hail.