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Bicycle 🚲️

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Travel & Places Ground Transportation

Codepoint U+1F6B2
Shortcode :bicycle:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

The bicycle emoji depicts a two-wheeled vehicle shown from the side, typically rendered in shades of gray or silver with black tires and a visible frame, pedals, and handlebars. The design is simple and instantly recognizable across platforms, capturing the iconic silhouette of a classic bike.

People use this emoji to talk about cycling as a sport, hobby, or mode of transportation. Whether you're planning a weekend ride, commuting to work, or discussing fitness, the bicycle works as a straightforward reference to pedal-powered travel. It also pops up in conversation about environmental consciousness—bikes are the eco-friendly alternative to cars.

In social media, the bicycle emoji appears in fitness posts, event planning, and casual chats about getting outdoors. Some people use it playfully when joking about "pedaling" through work or life's challenges, or when sharing photos from cycling trips and adventures.

The design remains consistent across most platforms, making it one of the more universally understood transportation emoji. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, it was among the earliest transportation icons to gain widespread digital representation.

Common Uses

  • Discussing cycling as exercise or commuting
  • Planning a bike ride or cycling event
  • Sharing outdoor adventure photos
  • Talking about eco-friendly transportation

Popular Combos

🚲️🌍 🚲️💨 🚲️🏞️

Did You Know?

The bicycle is one of the most efficient human-powered machines ever invented—and it's been emoji-official since the very beginning of standardized emoji in 2010.

Keywords

bike class cycle cycling cyclist gang ride spin spinning

Related Emoji

Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :bike:
Slack :bike:
Discord :bike:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🚲
HTML (hex)
🚲
CSS
\1F6B2
JavaScript
\uD83D\uDEB2
Python
\U0001F6B2
Java
\uD83D\uDEB2
Perl
\x{1F6B2}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F6B2}
Punycode
xn--2raq
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%9A%B2
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xB2

🚲️ in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali বাইসাইকেল
Chinese (Simplified) 自行车
Chinese (Traditional) 自行車
Danish cykel
Dutch fiets
English bicycle
English (UK) bicycle
Estonian jalgratas
Finnish polkupyörä
French vélo
German Fahrrad
Hindi बाइक, साइकिल
Hungarian kerékpár
Italian bicicletta
Japanese 自転車
Korean 자전거
Lithuanian dviratis
Malay basikal
Norwegian sykkel
Polish rower
Portuguese bicicleta
Russian велосипед
Spanish bicicleta
Spanish (Mexico) bicicleta
Swedish cykel
Thai จักรยาน
Ukrainian велосипед
Vietnamese xe đạp