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 Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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