Person in motorized wheelchair facing right: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium-light skin seated in a motorized wheelchair, shown in profile facing to the right. The design features a modern electric mobility device with a visible joystick controller and wheels.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, mobility aids, or to represent individuals who use electric wheelchairs for independence. It is often used in conversations about inclusive design or urban infrastructure alongside ♿ or 🧑‍🦽.

History

The motorized wheelchair emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a push by advocacy groups to improve disability representation in digital communications. It serves as a more specific alternative to the standard manual wheelchair symbol, reflecting the diverse range of assistive technology available today.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏼‍🦼‍➡

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9BC U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_1f9bc_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBC;‍➡

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

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