Man in manual wheelchair: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-light skin tone sitting in a manual, self-propelled wheelchair. The design shows the person facing forward with the large rear wheels of the chair visible on either side.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent mobility, independence, or accessibility. It is a frequent choice for discussing inclusive design, travel, or the day-to-day experiences of wheelchair users. It is often used alongside related accessibility icons like ♿ or the 👩🏼‍🦽 to illustrate diverse groups of people.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion followed a major push by disability advocates to make the character set more representative of people with physical disabilities, moving beyond generic symbols to specific, human-centric imagery.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#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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