Person in motorized wheelchair facing right: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium skin tone seated in a motorized wheelchair, shown in profile facing to the right. The design highlights the mechanical nature of the electric chair compared to standard manual versions.

Usage Context

Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, and inclusive infrastructure. It serves as a practical indicator when planning events, evaluating public transit, or highlighting the specific needs of wheelchair users who rely on motorized equipment. It is frequently grouped with ♿ or 👩🏽‍🦽 to broaden the conversation around adaptive technology.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019 as part of a major push to diversify the representation of disabilities in digital communication. The inclusion of motorized variants was a direct response to feedback from advocates who pointed out that standard wheelchair icons often overlooked the specific reliance many people have on electric mobility devices.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏽‍🦼‍➡

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9BC U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_200d_1f9bc_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository