Man in manual wheelchair: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a light skin tone shown sitting in a manual, self-propelled wheelchair. The design features a neutral posture and a classic two-wheeled chair frame.
Usage Context
Used to represent disability, mobility assistance, or accessibility in daily life. It serves as a direct way to indicate the use of a wheelchair when discussing travel, infrastructure, or personal experience. It is often used in conjunction with the ♿ wheelchair symbol or the 👨🦯 man with white cane emoji to highlight inclusive environments.
History
This emoji was introduced as part of the Emoji 12.0 update in 2019. It reflects the tech industry's push for better representation of people with disabilities, moving beyond standard gender-neutral icons to include specific modifiers for gender and skin tone to better mirror the diversity of the real world.
Details
Glyph
👨🏻🦽
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9BD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f9bd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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