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” meaning: ferry Emoji

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Meaning and Description

The emoji emoji depicts a large, water-based vessel primarily used for carrying passengers, vehicles, and cargo across bodies of water. Characterized by its sizable, flat deck and a distinctive structure on top, often resembling a small building or cabin, this emoji features a simplified design with a predominant color palette of blue and white, mimicking the common color scheme of ferries around the world.

Ferries have been an integral part of transportation history, bridging the gap across waterways where bridges were either impractical or nonexistent. They date back to ancient times when simple rafts and boats🛶 would transport people and goods across rivers and small bodies of water. As civilizations grew and technology advanced, so did the complexity and size of ferries, evolving into the essential transport method they are today, especially in coastal areas and islands.

In terms of usage and significance, the ferry emoji sails beyond just denoting a mode of transportation. It is frequently used to represent travel🏝️ and adventure, often evoking a sense of journeying and exploration. It's not uncommon to see this emoji in the context of messages related to vacation planning, island hopping, or even in discussions about road trips where a ferry ride is part of the journey.
💡Extended reading and popular science

The meaning of emoji symbol is ferry, it is related to boat, passenger, it can be found in emoji category: "🚌 Travel & Places" - "🚢 Water Transport".

🔸 (26F4) There is no Emoji version of this Unicode character, which means that on most mobile phones or computer systems, the character can only be displayed in black and white character style, but in a few good compatibility platforms, it can still display color picture style. The Unicode organization does not yet recommend its use as a universal emoji symbol.

(26F4) - unqualified Emoji, See also: ⛴️ (26F4 FE0F) - fully-qualified Emoji.

The current is a basic Emoji without variant symbols, and there are two Emoji variation sequences corresponding to it: ⛴️ (emoji style, displaying colorful symbols on most new platforms) and ⛴︎ (text style, displaying black and white symbols on some old platforms).

Examples and Usage

🔸 On Saturday, we will go to the riverside to do a ferry and watch the river waves .
🔸 One caller asked if the ferry was running.
🔸 (26F4) + emoji style (FE0F) = ⛴️ (26F4 FE0F)
🔸 (26F4) + text style (FE0E) = ⛴︎ (26F4 FE0E)

Basic Information

Emoji:
Shortname: ferry
Codepoint: U+26F4 Copy
Decimal: ALT+9972
Unicode Version: 5.2 (2019-10-01)
Emoji Version: None
Categories: 🚌 Travel & Places
Sub Categories: 🚢 Water Transport
Keywords: boat | ferry | passenger
Proposal: L2/07‑259

👨‍💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)

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More Languages

Language Short Name & Link
Arabic عبّارة
Bulgarian ферибот
Chinese, Simplified 渡轮
Chinese, Traditional 渡輪
Croatian trajekt
Czech trajekt
Danish færge
Dutch veerboot
Filipino ferry
Finnish lautta
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