Man in motorized wheelchair: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium skin tone seated in a motorized wheelchair. The image shows the user facing right, typically depicted with a powered chair equipped with a joystick controller and large rear wheels.

Usage Context

This emoji represents mobility assistance, accessibility, and the daily lives of people who use power wheelchairs. It is frequently used in conversations regarding public infrastructure, inclusive design, or simply to identify oneself. It is often grouped with the woman in motorized wheelchair or the manual wheelchair to represent a broader range of accessibility needs.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion was part of a major initiative by the Unicode Consortium to increase the representation of people with disabilities across digital platforms, following advocacy for more diverse and inclusive human-centered iconography.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🦼

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9BC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f9bc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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