Woman in manual wheelchair facing right: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned woman seated in a manual wheelchair, oriented to the right. This character uses a specific wheelchair design intended for self-propulsion, highlighting physical independence and mobility.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, advocate for inclusive infrastructure, or represent people who use mobility aids in daily life. It is often paired with icons like 🦼 or ♿ to emphasize a need for ramp access or friendly navigation.

History

This sequence was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 to improve representation for people with disabilities. It utilizes a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence to combine the base wheelchair character with modifiers for gender and skin tone, reflecting a push for better diversity in modern digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👩🏿‍🦽‍➡

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9BD U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f9bd_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#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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