Woman in motorized wheelchair facing right: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin depicted sitting in a motorized wheelchair that is oriented toward the right side of the screen. The design highlights the mechanical nature of the chair, distinguishing it from standard manual models.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, mobility aid technology, or to represent individuals who use electric wheelchairs in their daily lives. It is often used alongside broader inclusivity symbols like ♿ or 👩‍🦽 to highlight the importance of barrier-free environments.

History

This character was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of a push to make digital representation more inclusive of different mobility needs. It builds on the earlier, more generic wheelchair symbols by allowing for specific combinations of gender and skin tone, mirroring the evolution of diverse human representation in modern messaging.

Details

Glyph

👩🏾‍🦼‍➡

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9BC U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f9bc_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#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

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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