Pulled rickshaw
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| Traditional Chinese | 人力車 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 人力车 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 力車 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | りきしゃ | ||||||||
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A pulled rickshaw (from Japanese jinrikisha (人力車) 'person/human-powered vehicle') is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two people.
In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers. Pulled rickshaws have been replaced mainly by cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws.