Person in manual wheelchair: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with light skin tone sitting in a manual, self-propelled wheelchair. The design features a neutral-looking figure with their hands resting on the wheels, depicting a standard piece of mobility equipment.

Usage Context

Used to discuss accessibility, transportation, or the daily experiences of wheelchair users. It is frequently paired with the wheelchair symbol to identify accessible locations or parking spaces. It acts as a primary way to represent mobility aids in digital conversations.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion followed a push from organizations like Apple and the disability advocacy community to improve representation of assistive technologies and people with disabilities within the global emoji library.

Details

Glyph
🧑🏻‍🦽
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9BD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_200d_1f9bd:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
accessibilitymanualpersonwheelchairinwheelchair:lightskintonepeopleactivitydisabilitymobilityaidinclusive

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.