noun
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.
明治時代、車夫は街中で客を待っていた。
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.
人力車 is the rickshaw itself, while 車夫 refers to the person who pulls or drives it.
Compound of 車 (vehicle, specifically rickshaw) and 夫 (man, laborer). The reading しゃふ follows standard on'yomi.