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The ambulance emoji is the internet’s wee-woo button for anything urgent, dramatic, or hilariously over-the-top. People drop it for real emergencies, but also when a take is so spicy it needs triage or when a roast leaves someone "clinically deceased" from laughter. It shows up with "send help" texts, post-workout collapse stories, and that classic "Call an ambulance... but not for me" meme energy. Fans use it flirtatiously too—"your selfie gave me heart palpitations, paging paramedics"—or sarcastically when someone is being extra about a paper cut. On timelines, it can signal respect for first responders or quick updates about hospital runs without getting too graphic. Add a siren sound effect ("wee-woo" or "nee-naw") and you’ve got instant drama.

On Apple/iOS, this emoji is a crisp white emergency van in side profile, finished with a bold red stripe and a medical symbol on the door, plus a prominent rooftop light bar. The styling has that glossy Apple look: clean panels, dark wheels, squared lights, and just enough angle to feel like it’s rolling in fast. Visually, it screams "urgent ride to the ER"—white box, red accents, and flashing-lights vibes you can practically hear.

Definition

An ambulance is a medical vehicle used by medical professionals to transport hurt people to medical facilities, such as a hospital.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	819 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:ambulance:
Keywords	Ambulance, Emergency, Medical, Help, Assistance

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range	1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory	Vehicles

Editorial Comment

Not to be confused with Wambulance this is the preferred mode of transportation for the sick or badly injured.

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory	Vehicles
Names & Annotations	AMBULANCE
Symbol Information	U+1F691 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-7F3

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[救急車]
KDDI	#473 救急車 U+EAE0 SJIS-F3B4 JIS-7A36
Softbank	#202 #old396 救急車 U+E431 SJIS-FB71

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)	1f691
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F691
Decimal Code Point(s)	128657
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 9A 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 232 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDE91
UTF-16 Hex	d83dde91
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56977
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F691
UTF-32 Hex	01F691
UTF-32 Dec	128657
Python Src	u"\U0001F691"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x9a\x91"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDE91"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)