Person in Motorized Wheelchair
๐งโ๐ฆผ is the person in motorized wheelchair emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 12.1 (2019). Unicode's keyword list links it with โaccessibilityโ.
Skin tones
Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.
Where person-activity emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Describing what someone is doing right now
- Captioning activity, hobby, and lifestyle posts
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- CLDR short name
- person in motorized wheelchair
- Codepoint
- U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9BC
- Hex
- 1F9D1 200D 1F9BC
- Emoji version
- 12.1
- Unicode version
- 12.1
- First released
- 2019
- Unicode group
- People & Body
- Unicode subgroup
- person-activity
- DBEmoji collection
- Activity
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Activity is a DBEmoji collection drawn from Unicodeโs People & Body group (the person-activity and person-resting subgroups). How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:person_in_motorized_wheelchair:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRaccessibility ยท motorized ยท person ยท wheelchair
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How it looks

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Questions people ask
- What does the ๐งโ๐ฆผ person in motorized wheelchair emoji mean?
- ๐งโ๐ฆผ is the person in motorized wheelchair emoji, part of Unicode's People & Body group, added in Emoji 12.1 (2019). Unicode's keyword list links it with โaccessibilityโ.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for ๐งโ๐ฆผ?
- U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9BC.
- When was the ๐งโ๐ฆผ person in motorized wheelchair emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 12.1, published in 2019, alongside Unicode 12.1. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type ๐งโ๐ฆผ on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for โperson in motorized wheelchairโ. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy ๐งโ๐ฆผ from this page with one click.
- Does ๐งโ๐ฆผ come in different skin tones?
- Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐พโ๐ฆผ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ฆผ. They all mean the same thing; long-press ๐งโ๐ฆผ on a phone keyboard to pick one.
- What is the shortcode for ๐งโ๐ฆผ?
- On GitHub, type :person_in_motorized_wheelchair: and it turns into ๐งโ๐ฆผ โ that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
