Man in motorized wheelchair facing right: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin depicted sitting in a motorized wheelchair that is moving toward the right. The design clearly shows the motor housing and a joystick controller used for navigation.

Usage Context

This emoji serves as an essential tool for discussing accessibility, mobility support, and disability representation in digital spaces. It is frequently used to signal inclusivity or to describe the experience of using powered mobility devices, often appearing alongside other icons like ♿ or 👨🏾‍🦯.

History

This variant was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of the ongoing effort to diversify representation in emoji sets. It builds on earlier wheelchair icons by distinguishing between manual and motorized versions to better reflect the realities of modern assistive technology.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍🦼‍➡

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9BC U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f9bc_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBC;‍➡

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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