Person in motorized wheelchair: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-dark skin sitting in a motorized electric wheelchair. The illustration depicts the person facing right, seated in a chair equipped with a control joystick and battery-powered wheels.

Usage Context

Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, and the daily experiences of wheelchair users. It is frequently utilized in conversations about inclusive infrastructure, public transit, or simply representing someone navigating their environment. It often appears alongside other inclusive icons like 🧑‍🦽 or ♿ to signal support for disability rights.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion was a direct result of a multi-year effort to expand the diversity and inclusivity of human-form emojis, ensuring that mobile communication platforms better reflect the reality of users who rely on mobility aids.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🦼

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9BC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f9bc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#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