What does ๐งโ๐ฆผ Person in Motorized Wheelchair mean?
A person seated in a powered wheelchair, the kind usually steered with a small joystick. It represents wheelchair users and people with mobility disabilities, and it shows up in discussions of accessible venues, ramps, public transit, and disability pride. People also use it simply to describe their own day out or travel plans. Man, woman, and right-facing variants exist alongside this neutral one.
๐งโ๐ฆผ Person in Motorized Wheelchair is an emoji from the People & Body category (people in motion), added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019.
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๐งโ๐ฆผ Person in Motorized Wheelchair on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Person in Motorized Wheelchair looks on each platform.
Person in Motorized Wheelchair in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Person in Motorized Wheelchair emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐งโ๐ฆผ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :person_in_motorized_wheelchair:.
When was the Person in Motorized Wheelchair emoji added?
๐งโ๐ฆผ Person in Motorized Wheelchair was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Person in Motorized Wheelchair emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow ๐งโ๐ฆผ, there are 5 skin tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐พโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ฆผ. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does ๐งโ๐ฆผ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Person in Motorized Wheelchair. The underlying code (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9BC) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.