Person in motorized wheelchair Emoji
People
A person sitting in a motorized wheelchair, shown from the side. The chair features a sturdy frame and large wheels, distinguishing it from manual models.
Usage Context
Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, or the lived experience of wheelchair users. It is frequently paired with icons like ♿ to signify accessible spaces or highlight inclusive infrastructure in public settings.
History
This emoji was added in 2019 as part of a push for better representation in digital communication. It was developed to provide a more accurate depiction of modern assistive technology, moving beyond the older, static wheelchair icon that did not account for the prevalence of power-assisted mobility devices.
Details
Glyph
🧑🦼
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9BC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f9bc:
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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