Woman in manual wheelchair: light skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with light skin sitting in a standard, manually operated wheelchair. The design depicts a person facing forward, emphasizing the mobility device as a primary mode of transportation.

Usage Context

Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, and inclusive design in public spaces. It is frequently featured in conversations about disability rights, personal travel, or navigating urban infrastructure. It is often used alongside related emojis like 🧑‍🦽 or 👩‍🦼 to represent various mobility aids.

History

This emoji was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 as part of a major initiative by the Unicode Consortium to increase representation of people with disabilities. It reflects a shift in digital communication toward providing more diverse options for describing everyday life and personal identity.

Details

Glyph

👩🏻‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fb_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍&#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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