Person in motorized wheelchair: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium-dark skin sitting in a motorized electric wheelchair. The illustration depicts the person facing right, seated in a chair equipped with a control joystick and battery-powered wheels.
Usage Context
Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, and the daily experiences of wheelchair users. It is frequently utilized in conversations about inclusive infrastructure, public transit, or simply representing someone navigating their environment. It often appears alongside other inclusive icons like 🧑🦽 or ♿ to signal support for disability rights.
History
This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion was a direct result of a multi-year effort to expand the diversity and inclusivity of human-form emojis, ensuring that mobile communication platforms better reflect the reality of users who rely on mobility aids.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏾🦼
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9BC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_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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