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{{Short description|Mode of human-powered transport}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} [[File:Calcutta rickshaw.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Pulled rickshaw, [[Kolkata]], 2004]] {{infobox Chinese |t=人力車 |s=人力车 |p=rénlìchē |w=jên<sup>2</sup>-li<sup>4</sup>-chʻê<sup>1</sup> |kanji=力車 |hiragana=りきしゃ |romaji=rikisha }} A '''pulled rickshaw''' (from [[Japanese language|Japanese]] {{nihongo||人力車|jinrikisha|extra2='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 [[rickshaw]]s has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers.<ref name="Trillin104"/> Pulled rickshaws have been replaced mainly by [[cycle rickshaw]]s and [[auto rickshaws]].
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