Man in manual wheelchair facing right: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium skin tone seated in a manual, self-propelled wheelchair, oriented toward the right. The design clearly displays the push rims on the wheels, indicating the mechanics of a standard hand-powered chair.

Usage Context

Used to denote accessibility, mobility, or a person who uses a wheelchair for daily navigation. It is frequently utilized in discussions regarding urban planning, inclusivity, or personal health. It is often grouped with related icons like 🧑‍🦼 or the standard ♿ sign to discuss infrastructure.

History

This emoji was introduced in 2019 as part of a major push by the Unicode Consortium to increase the diversity of representation within the emoji set. The addition of gender and skin tone variations for mobility devices ensured that users could more accurately represent their lived experiences in digital conversations.

Details

Glyph

👨🏽‍🦽‍➡

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9BD U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f9bd_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#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

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