ambulance

An ambulance symbolizing emergency medical services or urgent situations.

basic_info

Unicode

U+1F691

Version

Emoji 0.6

Platform Meanings

Apple

On Apple platforms, the 🚑️ emoji depicts a white ambulance with a red cross on a blue background, representing emergency medical transport.

Google

Google's version shows a similar ambulance design, emphasizing its role in responding to medical emergencies and urgent care.

Twitter

Twitter displays the ambulance emoji as a clear, recognizable vehicle used to convey urgency, health crises, or calls for help.

Unicode Official

The Unicode Consortium defines this emoji as 'ambulance', part of the transport and warning symbols category, used to denote emergency medical response.

Introduction

The 🚑️ emoji represents an ambulance, commonly associated with emergency medical services, urgent health situations, or the need for immediate assistance. It is often used in contexts involving accidents, injuries, hospital visits, or public health alerts. People may use this emoji to express concern for someone’s well-being, to highlight the seriousness of a situation, or even humorously to suggest they’re 'dying' from laughter or exhaustion. In digital communication, it can serve both literal and figurative purposes—ranging from real-life emergencies to exaggerated expressions of distress. The emoji is widely recognized across cultures due to the universal nature of emergency response vehicles, making it a potent symbol for conveying urgency or care.

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What is Emoji?

Emoji are pictographic symbols originating from Japan that have become a universal digital language. They can be used across various platforms and applications to express emotions, objects, activities, and concepts. The Unicode standard defines thousands of emoji and continues to expand.

Last Updated: 2026-06-04✓ Expert Verified