Man in motorized wheelchair: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin depicted sitting in an electric, motorized wheelchair. The image shows a side-profile view of the chair, highlighting the battery-powered mobility device used for personal transport.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, advocate for disability rights, or simply represent someone using a power chair for navigation. It is frequently paired with ♿ to mark inclusive spaces or with 🏃 to contrast different modes of movement.

History

This emoji was added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019 as part of a significant expansion of inclusive human representations. It followed long-standing user advocacy efforts to provide more accurate depictions of mobility aids in digital communication, moving beyond the static manual wheelchair icon.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍🦼

Unicode

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

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f9bc:

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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