Boxy and built for hauling packages rather than passengers, the delivery-truck emoji is the icon for something 'on the way.' It covers online orders, moving day, and freight in transit — the last visible step before a package shows up at the door and the waiting is finally, mercifully over.
What 🚚 means
A left-facing truck, tall in stature, designed with two side windows, a door, two pairs of wheels, headlights, and a large box-like yellow structure at the back.
The 🚚 Delivery Truck emoji signifies an ongoing delivery, a truck waiting to be loaded, an unloading delivery truck, or even the excitement that your order has been dispatched.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone that your package/courier is on its way/arrived, or that the other person's is, you can use 🚚 in that conversation. Like, "It should be there in about a day or two 🚚".
- To suggest that you provide delivery within any given locality, use 🚚. For example, "Delivery offered throughout the country 🚚".
- If posting or reposting a much-awaited shipment announcement for any brand, you can use 🚚 in that context - "Worldwide shipment finally approved! 🚚".
- You could also use 🚚 while letting someone know that there would be a delay in delivery or that their product has free delivery (the juxtaposition is beautiful).
- Your social media post/story of a freshly delivered order too, could use 🚚 in the caption or within the story.
Other Names
- 🚚 Delivery Van
- 🚚 Truck
- 🚚 Shipment
- 🚚 Order Dispatched
- 🚚 Free Delivery
- 🚚 Delayed Delivery
- 🚚 Roadway Delivery
- 🚚 Shipping
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › transport-ground
- Codepoints
U+1F69A- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:truck:- Keywords
- car, delivery, drive, truck, 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 — 🚚 Delivery Truck or 🗨️ Left Speech Bubble?