Woman in manual wheelchair: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin depicted sitting in a standard, manual-powered wheelchair. The chair is typically shown in profile, highlighting the large wheels and the frame used for independent mobility.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent disability, accessibility, and the daily experiences of wheelchair users. It is frequently utilized in discussions regarding urban planning, inclusivity, and personal health. It often appears alongside other inclusive icons like 👨🏾‍🦽 or ♿ to highlight accessible spaces or personal identity.

History

Part of a broader push by the Unicode Consortium to increase representation in digital communication, this specific character was introduced in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Its creation was the result of a multi-year campaign to ensure that people with disabilities were accurately reflected in the global emoji keyboard.

Details

Glyph

👩🏾‍🦽

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9BD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f9bd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#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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