# 🚖 Oncoming taxi emoji

🚖 Oncoming taxi is an emoji in the ground transport set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: cab, cabbie, cars, drove, hail and yellow.

- Emoji: 🚖
- Unicode name: oncoming taxi
- Code points: U+1F696
- Category: Travel & places, Ground transport
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :oncoming_taxi:
- Keywords: cab, cabbie, cars, drove, hail, oncoming, taxi, yellow
- Page: https://emojichart.com/oncoming-taxi-emoji

## What it means

A yellow taxi seen head-on, driving toward you. People use it for taxis, hailing a cab, a ride arriving and getting around the city, as in saying a taxi is on its way to pick you up.

## How to type 🚖

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “oncoming taxi”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “oncoming taxi”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “oncoming taxi”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “oncoming taxi”.
- GitHub: Type :oncoming_taxi: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | taxi próximo | taxi, taxi próximo, vehículo |
| Français (fr) | taxi de face | joe le taxi, new york, taxi, taxi de face, taxi jaune, uber, voiture |
| Deutsch (de) | Taxi von vorne | Auto, fahren, gelb, Taxi, Taxi von vorne, Vorderansicht Taxi |
| Italiano (it) | taxi in arrivo | mezzo, tassì, taxi, taxi giallo, taxi in arrivo, trasporti, trasporto, veicolo |
| Português (pt) | táxi se aproximando | chegada, táxi, transporte, veículo |
| Nederlands (nl) | naderende taxi | auto’s, geel, naderend, rijden, roepen, taxi |
| Svenska (sv) | mötande taxi | fordon, mötande taxi, taxi, taxi framifrån |
| Polski (pl) | nadjeżdżająca taksówka | auto, nadjeżdżać, nadjeżdżająca, pojazd, samochód, taksówka, taryfa, taxi, żółta, żółty |
| Türkçe (tr) | yaklaşan taksi | taksi, taşıt, yaklaşan taksi |
| Русский (ru) | такси спереди | машина, приближающееся такси, такси, такси спереди, транспорт |
| Українська (uk) | таксі, що наближається | жовте таксі, наближатися, таксі, таксі, що наближається, транспорт, що наближається |
| Ελληνικά (el) | διερχόμενο ταξί | διερχόμενο, κίτρινο ταξί, οδηγώ, όχημα, οχήματα, σταμάτα ένα ταξί, στο δρόμο, ταξί |
| العربية (ar) | تاكسي مقترب | تاكسي, تاكسي مقترب, ركوب, سيرفيس, مركبة, نقل |
| עברית (he) | מונית מלפנים | מונית, מונית מלפנים, תחבורה |
| فارسی (fa) | تاکسی‌ای که نزدیک می‌شود | تاکسی, تاکسی روبه‌جلو, تاکسی‌ای که نزدیک می‌شود, در حال آمدن, درحال آمدن, نزدیک‌شونده, وسیله نقلیه, وسیلهٔ نقلیه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आती हुई टैक्सी | आती हुई टैक्सी, टैक्सी, वाहन |
| বাংলা (bn) | অগ্রসরমান ট্যাক্সি | অগ্রসরমান, উবের, ট্যাক্সি, যানবাহন, হলদু ট্যাক্সি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | taksi datang | datang, kendaraan, mobil, taksi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | taxi đang tới | taxi đang tới, xe cộ |
| ไทย (th) | แท็กซี่กำลังมา | กำลังมา, แท็กซี่, แท็กซี่กำลังมา, ยานพาหนะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | タクシー正面 | イエローキャブ, タクシー, タクシー正面, 乗り物, 車 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 오고 있는 택시 | 노란 택시, 다가오는 택시, 오고 있는 택시, 우버, 운전, 차, 택시, 택시 부르기 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 迎面驶来的出租车 | 优步, 出租车, 叫车, 小黄, 开车, 的士, 迎面驶来的出租车 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 小黃 | 優步, 小黃, 計程車 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): aankomende taxi
- Akan (ak): taksi a ɛreba
- Albanian (sq): taksi që vjen
- Amharic (am): መጪ ታክሲ
- Anii (blo): taksii a tʊ ma
- Armenian (hy): մոտեցող տաքսի
- Assamese (as): আহি থকা টেক্সি
- Azerbaijani (az): yaxınlaşan taksi
- Bashkir (ba): ҡаршы килеүсе такси
- Basque (eu): heldu den taxia
- Belarusian (be): набліжаецца таксі
- Bosnian (bs): dolazeći taksi
- Bulgarian (bg): приближаващо такси
- Burmese (my): လာနေသည့် တက္ကစီ
- Cantonese (yue): 快到嘅的士
- Catalan (ca): taxi que arriba
- Cherokee (chr): ᏂᏓᏳᏍᏗᏛ ᎠᏈᏗ ᎠᏦᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 接近中的計程車
- Chuvash (cv): такси малта
- Croatian (hr): taksi u dolasku
- Czech (cs): přijíždějící taxík
- Danish (da): taxa forfra
- Estonian (et): takso eestvaates
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): táxi a aproximar-se
- Faroese (fo): gron á taxabili
- Filipino (fil): paparating na taxi
- Finnish (fi): saapuva taksi
- Galician (gl): taxi de fronte
- Georgian (ka): მომავალი ტაქსი
- Gujarati (gu): આવી રહેલ ટૅક્સી
- Hausa (ha): tasi mai zuwa
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): aati hui taxi
- Hungarian (hu): érkező taxi
- Icelandic (is): leigubíll á móti
- Igbo (ig): ụgbọala njem na-apụta apụta
- Irish (ga): tacsaí ag teacht
- Javanese (jv): taksi mara
- Kalaallisut (kl): taxa forfra
- Kannada (kn): ಮುಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿರುವ ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿ
- Kazakh (kk): келе жатқан такси
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەلە جاتقان تاكسي
- Khmer (km): ឡានតាក់ស៊ីមើលពីមុខ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): tagisi iza igusanga
- Konkani (kok): येवपी टॅक्सी
- Kyrgyz (ky): келе жаткан такси
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Alaj Ch’ich’ petinaq
- Lao (lo): ລົດແທັກຊີກຳລັງມາ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): taxi se aproxima
- Latvian (lv): pretī braucošs taksometrs
- Lithuanian (lt): artėjantis taksi
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): taksi wótprědka
- Luxembourgish (lb): entgéintkommenden Taxi
- Macedonian (mk): такси што пристигнува
- Malay (ms): teksi dari arah depan
- Malayalam (ml): വരുന്ന ടാക്സി
- Maltese (mt): taxi ġejja ’l hawn
- Marathi (mr): येणारी टॅक्सी
- Mongolian (mn): ирж буй такси
- Māori (mi): takihī anga mai
- Nepali (ne): आउँदै गरेको ट्याक्सी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Taksí Wé De Kọ́m Wiá Yu Dè
- Northern Sotho (nso): thekisi e tlago
- Norwegian (no): motgående taxi
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): motgåande taxi
- Odia (or): ସମ୍ମୁଖରୁ ଆସୁଥିବା ଟ୍ୟାକ୍ସି
- Oromo (om): taaksii dhufaa jiru
- Pashto (ps): راتلونکی ټیکسي
- Punjabi (pa): ਆ ਰਹੀ ਟੈਕਸੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): آن آلی ٹیکسی
- Quechua (qu): qatiq taxi
- Romanian (ro): taxi care se apropie
- Romansh (rm): taxi da davanten
- Sardinian (sc): taxi arribende
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): tagsaidh a’ tighinn thugad
- Serbian (sr): такси спреда
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): taksi spreda
- Shan (shn): ထႅၵ်ႇသီႇဢၼ်မႃးၽၢႆႇၼႃႈ
- Sindhi (sd): ايندڙ ٽيڪسي
- Sinhala (si): ඉදිරියට එන ටැක්සිය
- Slovak (sk): prichádzajúci taxík
- Slovenian (sl): prihajajoči taksi
- Somali (so): taksi soo socda
- Swahili (sw): teksi inayokuja
- Tajik (tg): такси аз самти муқобил
- Tamil (ta): வந்துகொண்டிருக்கும் டாக்சி
- Telugu (te): ముందువైపు వస్తున్న టాక్సీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ታክሲ
- Tongan (to): meʻalele utakakai lele mai
- Tswana (tn): tekesi e e tlang
- Turkmen (tk): gelýän taksi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): taksi wotprědka
- Urdu (ur): آتی ہوئی ٹیکسی
- Uyghur (ug): كېلىۋاتقان تاكسى
- Uzbek (uz): yaqinlashayotgan taksi
- Welsh (cy): tacsi sy’n dod i’ch cwrdd
- Wolof (wo): taxi buy ñëw
- Xhosa (xh): iteksi ezayo
- Yoruba (yo): Taasi Ti Nbọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Taasi Ti Nbɔ
- Zulu (zu): itekisi elizayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F696` |
| HTML | `🚖` |
| CSS | `\1F696` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F696}` |
| Python | `\U0001F696` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9A 96` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE96` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9A%96` |

## Questions

### What does the 🚖 oncoming taxi emoji mean?

A yellow taxi seen head-on, driving toward you. People use it for taxis, hailing a cab, a ride arriving and getting around the city, as in saying a taxi is on its way to pick you up.

### How do I type the 🚖 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “oncoming taxi”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :oncoming_taxi:.

### When was the 🚖 emoji added?

🚖 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🚖?

U+1F696. In HTML you can write 🚖, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F696}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/oncoming-taxi-emoji