Culturally, this emoji tips its cap to the 90s–2000s SUV surge—big, cushy, and built for school drop-offs—while winking at today’s meme of oversized rides wedged into undersized parking spots. Online, it’s prime fodder for “mall crawler” jokes (all rugged looks, zero dirt), dramatic laments about gas prices, and the final boss that is parallel parking.
In day-to-day chats, it stands in for weekend adventures, carpools, and that one friend who can haul a couch plus six emotions without breaking a sweat. People drop it when locking in road trips, camping runs, moving-day saves, Costco missions, or any “I’ll swing by and pick you up” message. It also nails suburban, soccer-parent vibes—equal parts practical and “aux cord DJ.” Pair it with mountain, tent, and map emojis when you’re overlanding‑curious, or with crying‑laughing when the only “off-road” is the gravel at a Starbucks drive‑thru. In flirty or friendly threads, it doubles as a casual “ride secured” hint, a late‑night pickup offer, or a wink that says “I’ve got room for you and your chaos.”
On Apple/iOS, the icon shows a glossy blue SUV in right-facing side profile, rocking chunky silver wheels, dark-tinted windows, and a slightly boxy, all-business shape that basically announces, “I’ve got cargo space.”
Definition
The side of a sports utility vehicle (SUV). Also known as a recreational vehicle because they are larger than a standard car, can hold more cargo and can drive on more rugged terrain.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
596 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:blue_car:
Keywords
SUV, Car, Wagon, Automobile
Previous Names:
Recreational Vehicle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Editorial Comment
Large blue Sport Utility Vehicle. We are of course reminded of National Lampoon's Vacation. old iEmoji name: Blue Car (Small Blue Car)
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Names & Annotations
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE Temporary Notes: wagon
Symbol Information
U+1F699 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7E5
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#34 'Car (RV)' 車(ＲＶ) U+E65F SJIS-F8C0 JIS-7E22
KDDI
#125 車 U+E4B1 SJIS-F68A JIS-756A
Softbank
#198 #old393 RV車 U+E42E SJIS-FB6E
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🚙
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🚙
Decimal HTML Entity
🚙
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🚙
Hex Code Point(s)
1f699
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F699
Decimal Code Point(s)
128665
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x99
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A 99
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 231
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE99
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde99
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56985
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F699
UTF-32 Hex
01F699
UTF-32 Dec
128665
Python Src
u"\U0001F699"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\x99"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE99"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
