Man in manual wheelchair: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium-light skin tone sitting in a manual, self-propelled wheelchair. The design shows the person facing forward with the large rear wheels of the chair visible on either side.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to represent mobility, independence, or accessibility. It is a frequent choice for discussing inclusive design, travel, or the day-to-day experiences of wheelchair users. It is often used alongside related accessibility icons like ♿ or the 👩🏼🦽 to illustrate diverse groups of people.
History
This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion followed a major push by disability advocates to make the character set more representative of people with physical disabilities, moving beyond generic symbols to specific, human-centric imagery.
Details
Glyph
👨🏼🦽
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9BD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_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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