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Pulled rickshaw
Mode of human-powered transport / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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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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.[1] Pulled rickshaws have been replaced mainly by cycle rickshaw and auto rickshaws.