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Taxi Emoji 🚕

A yellow cab, checkered stripe and all, styled after the classic New York taxi — that's the taxi emoji. It's used for catching a ride, city travel, and the general hassle of getting somewhere without a car of your own.

What 🚕 means

The profile of a yellow taxi painted with a pixelated design and the letters 'TAXI' printed in black below the two windows. There's a roof board, a visible headlight, a rearview mirror, a taillight, and two wheels

The 🚕 Taxi emoji signifies paid pick up and drop facilities. It can also represent a cab, which could refer to an office cab, an Uber, and other such modes of transport. Essentially, this emoji is a depiction of the taxi services available in any given place.

How and when to use it

If you're texting someone that you just booked a cab/taxi, you could use 🚕 in that text message.
If you're advising someone to take a taxi, use 🚕. For example, "Yo. Trust me. If you want to reach sooner, take the damn taxi 🚕. I'll pay, ugh".
While sharing inspiring and heartwarming taxi stories or horrifying ones, use 🚕 in the caption. This could be a real-life incident or even one of those two-line horror stories.
🚕 can also be used to signify 'delivery'. For instance, if you're delivering products via taxi or a delivery cab, you could use this emoji while informing readers on your social media handle of this arrangement or even while texting an individual customer.
While posting pictures of your new taxi, use 🚕 in the caption!

Other Names

🚕 Cab
🚕 Uber
🚕 Ola
🚕 Taxi Service
🚕 Yellow Cars
🚕 Taxicab
🚕 Tourist Car
🚕 Jitney
🚕 Local Taxi Service

The lowdown

Category: Travel & Places › transport-ground
Codepoints: U+1F695
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :taxi:
Keywords: cab, cabbie, car, drive, taxi, vehicle, yellow

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.