Long, yellow or city-branded, with windows lined all the way down the side — the bus covers group transport of any kind. It covers school buses, daily commutes, and road trips, and 'missed the bus' works both literally and as a stand-in for missing a shot at something not coming back around.
What 🚌 means
A small yellow bus sits in profile, showing its windshield, passenger windows, and a door up front. The bus is designed with two pairs of wheels.
The 🚌 Bus emoji represents bus travel, bus journeys, and a bus, in general, as a mode of land transport. It signifies public transportation, a significant way of pooling, everyday commute, and even a school bus.
How and when to use it
- If you're out of town for any purpose and you're texting a caretaker about getting your kids ready for the school bus, you can use 🚌. Like, "So, my monkeys have this innate habit of being late. Please make sure they're ready to go by 7:30 AM at least 🚌"
- Use 🚌 while texting someone that you're on the way and you're taking the bus. For example, "I couldn't find a cab. Risking my life rn 🚌".
- You can also use 🚌 while talking about motion sickness, or just your dislike towards bus travel - "I don't mind walking the distance. It's just too suffocating otherwise 🚌".
- While telling someone to be on time at the bus stop or while informing someone about the bus timings too, you can use 🚌. For instance, "There would be no time to waste. The bus would be here by 9 AM 🚌".
- Generally, 🚌 can also be used to indicate "On the way", which would automatically suggest that you're taking the bus.
Other Names
- 🚌 School Bus
- 🚌 Bus Travel
- 🚌 Ongoing Bus
- 🚌 City Bus
- 🚌 Tourist Bus
- 🚌 State Bus
- 🚌 Bus Journey
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › transport-ground
- Codepoints
U+1F68C- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:bus:- Keywords
- bus, school, vehicle
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🚌 Bus or 🇲🇿 Flag: Mozambique?
Runs with a crowd
🚌 keeps company in travel emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.