Man in manual wheelchair Emoji

People

A man sitting in a self-propelled manual wheelchair. The design depicts a side-profile view of a wheelchair with large rear wheels and a seated figure facing forward.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent mobility, accessibility, and disability advocacy. It is frequently used in discussions regarding public infrastructure, personal experiences with physical movement, or to add specific identity markers to a message, often appearing alongside ♿ or 👩‍🦽 to highlight inclusive environments.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a push to increase representation for people with disabilities. It was developed to allow for more nuanced digital communication, replacing the static, gender-neutral wheelchair icon that had existed in earlier character sets.

Details

Glyph

👨‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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