Person in manual wheelchair: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned person sitting in a manual wheelchair. The person is shown in profile, appearing to be in motion, with their hands positioned on the wheels of a standard mobility chair.

Usage Context

This emoji acts as a visual shorthand for accessibility and mobility. It is frequently used to discuss disabled rights, highlight accessible locations, or share personal experiences regarding navigation. It is often paired with the ♿ wheelchair symbol or the 🦾 mechanical arm emoji to represent diverse forms of physical interaction and support.

History

The person in a wheelchair was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 to better represent the daily lives of people with disabilities. The ability to apply skin tone modifiers to this character was introduced shortly after to ensure greater inclusivity and better representation for people of color who use mobility devices.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBD;

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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