Person in manual wheelchair: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium skin tone sitting in a manual wheelchair, viewed from a side profile. The design emphasizes the chair's wheels and frame, representing a common mobility aid used by individuals with physical disabilities.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a vital tool for discussions regarding accessibility, disability rights, and inclusive design. It is frequently used to signal that a location is wheelchair-accessible or to highlight the lived experience of people who use mobility devices. It is often used in conjunction with other inclusive symbols like 🧑🦼 or ♿ to promote awareness.
History
Part of the ongoing push for more diverse and representative character sets, this emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019. It emerged alongside efforts to expand the range of people emojis to reflect the broad spectrum of human mobility and physical ability in digital communication.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏽🦽
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9BD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_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
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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.