Woman in motorized wheelchair: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned woman seated in a modern motorized wheelchair. The design features a sturdy base with visible wheels and a backrest, highlighting the independence provided by powered mobility devices.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent disability, accessibility, and the daily lives of wheelchair users. It serves as an inclusive way to discuss mobility aids and urban infrastructure, often appearing alongside other accessibility-focused icons like ♿ or the 👩‍🦽 (woman in manual wheelchair).

History

This emoji was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 as part of a significant update to broaden the representation of people with disabilities. It was created by combining the base woman emoji with the motorized wheelchair icon and a specific skin tone modifier to provide more diverse options for digital expression.

Details

Glyph

👩🏿‍🦼

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9BC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f9bc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDBC;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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

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