Culturally, it salutes the homelands of true high-speed rail—Japan’s Shinkansen, France’s TGV, Germany’s ICE, and China’s HSR—the places where “on time” still means exactly that. In meme-speak, it’s the badge for “we’re not walking, we’re warping.”
On Apple/iOS, you’ll see a sleek white, Shinkansen-like side profile with a rounded bullet nose, a thin colored stripe (often blue) running the length, and dark window panels—set on tracks and angled like it’s already in a sprint. The minimalist, aerodynamic silhouette screams “the fast one,” not the clackety commuter, and you can practically hear the station chime at a glance.
As a vibe, it broadcasts “on my way rn” or “shipping soon” without the customer-service voice. Pair it with 💨, ⚡, ⏩, or 🧳 to underline motion and momentum, or toss it in flirtily—“bullet-train to you, brb.”
Used with a wink, it’s perfect for contrast: “me: 🚄; my Wi‑Fi: 🐢,” or when a plan derails and you’re wishing for high-speed anything. It also fits right after railfan posts, Japan itinerary dumps, and movie nights featuring Bullet Train.
At its core, this emoji is your emblem for tearing through life at Shinkansen/TGV/ICE speeds—fast progress, schedules that actually click, and the joy of beating traffic by outsmarting it with rails. People drop it when they’re blitzing DMs, announcing travel plans, or bragging that their to-do list got speedrun any%. It’s the choo‑choo, reimagined with Wi‑Fi and metaphorical jet engines.
Definition
A very fast train used to carry people quickly from one place to another.
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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)
1534 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:bullettrain_side:
Keywords
Train, Bullet, Rail
Previous Names:
High Speed Rail
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Editorial Comment
High Speed Train or Bullet Train can reach speeds of 300MPH. Editor's Note: Damn this train looks sick as hell. I want to get on and ride it thing so bad. Props to the artist. One word: Whomp.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Names & Annotations
HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
Symbol Information
U+1F684 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7E2
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#32 'Bullet train' 新幹線 U+E65D SJIS-F8BE JIS-7569
KDDI
#217 新幹線 U+E4B0 SJIS-F689 JIS-7569
Softbank
#209 #old400 新幹線(新型) U+E435 SJIS-FB75
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)
1f684
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F684
Decimal Code Point(s)
128644
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0x84
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A 84
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 204
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDE84
UTF-16 Hex
d83dde84
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56964
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F684
UTF-32 Hex
01F684
UTF-32 Dec
128644
Python Src
u"\U0001F684"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\x84"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDE84"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
