rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver
Historical term for a person who pulls or drives a rickshaw (人力車). Now mostly encountered in historical or literary contexts.
In the Meiji era, rickshaw pullers waited for customers in the streets.
彼の祖父は若い頃、車夫として働いていたそうだ。
I heard his grandfather worked as a rickshaw man when he was young.
rickshaw puller; rickshaw man
Standard kanji spelling for rickshaw puller/driver.
Irregular kanji usage; 俥 is a variant of 車 used specifically for rickshaws, but this spelling is uncommon.
Compound of 車 (vehicle, specifically rickshaw) and 夫 (man, laborer). The reading しゃふ follows standard on'yomi.