Person in motorized wheelchair Emoji

People

A person sitting in a motorized wheelchair, shown from the side. The chair features a sturdy frame and large wheels, distinguishing it from manual models.

Usage Context

Used to discuss accessibility, mobility, or the lived experience of wheelchair users. It is frequently paired with icons like ♿ to signify accessible spaces or highlight inclusive infrastructure in public settings.

History

This emoji was added in 2019 as part of a push for better representation in digital communication. It was developed to provide a more accurate depiction of modern assistive technology, moving beyond the older, static wheelchair icon that did not account for the prevalence of power-assisted mobility devices.

Details

Glyph

🧑‍🦼

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9BC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_200d_1f9bc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBC;

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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