Person in manual wheelchair: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-light skin tone sitting in a manual wheelchair. The figure is depicted in profile, shown mid-movement, emphasizing the user-operated nature of the chair.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, mobility, and inclusive design in public spaces. It serves as a direct way to identify someone who uses a wheelchair for daily navigation, often appearing in conversations about infrastructure, event planning, or disability rights. It is frequently grouped with related icons like 🧑🦼 or ♿ to signify accessible facilities.
History
The manual wheelchair emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a significant push by the Unicode Consortium to improve representation of people with disabilities. Its inclusion aimed to standardize how mobility aids are depicted across global platforms, moving beyond generic signage to provide more granular, human-centric options.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏼🦽
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9BD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_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
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.
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