What does ๐ Bus mean?
A bus seen from the side. It covers city buses, school buses, coach trips and team buses, and is the go-to emoji for commuting by bus or running late because of one. Parents use it for school bus times, and travelers for budget trips between cities. For a bus heading straight toward you there is ๐, and for the place you wait, ๐.
๐ Bus is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (ground transport), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about school and vehicle.
Example messages
๐ Bus on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bus looks on each platform.
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Bus emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Bus emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :bus:.
When was the Bus emoji added?
๐ Bus was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Bus. The underlying code (U+1F68C) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.