Man In Motorized Wheelchair: Facing Right 👨🦼➡️
Added in Emoji 15.1 · People & Body › Activities
U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9BC U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F :man_in_motorized_wheelchair_right: Clarity: Has nuance
This emoji has some subtlety in how it's interpreted across different contexts.
- • Relatively new — some older devices may show a blank box
Meaning
This variant shows a man in a motorized wheelchair oriented rightward, offering the same directional flexibility as the standard version but with masculine presentation. The chair's mechanical elements and powered features remain visible, just angled toward the right side of the screen. It's designed for creators who need gender-specific representation and directional control simultaneously.
Use cases include creative storytelling, emoji sequences, and visual narratives where you want to show a man moving through space or facing a particular direction. It's less common in casual messaging but valuable for anyone building sequential or directional content that needs gender specificity. Some users prefer it simply because it matches their identity more precisely when composing longer emoji texts.
The directional variant broadens possibilities for disabled men's digital self-expression. Rather than forcing left-facing representation as a one-size-fits-all option, offering both directions acknowledges that creative expression and narrative-building matter to disabled creators. It's a small feature with meaningful implications for representation and storytelling flexibility.
Introduced as part of Unicode Emoji 15.1 in 2023, this directional variant joined a suite of mobility-related directional additions. It reflects the emoji standard's commitment to granular representation that serves specific communities and creative needs.
Common Uses
- • Creating directional emoji narratives with male representation
- • Building visual sequences showing movement rightward
- • Enhancing disabled men's creative expression options
- • Supporting right-to-left language patterns with gender specificity
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Did You Know?
Adding directional variants for gender-specific wheelchair emoji took until 2023, showing how incremental the process of inclusive emoji design can be—but also how persistent advocates have been.
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Platform Shortcodes
:man_in_motorized_wheelchair_facing_right: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 👨‍🦼‍➡️ |
| HTML (hex) | 👨‍🦼‍➡️ |
| CSS | \1F468\200D\1F9BC\200D\27A1\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83E\uDDBC\u200D\u27A1\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F468\U0000200D\U0001F9BC\U0000200D\U000027A1\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC68\u200D\uD83E\uDDBC\u200D\u27A1\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{1F9BC}\x{200D}\x{27A1}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F468}\x{200D}\x{1F9BC}\x{200D}\x{27A1}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2qug-6bx-2rwc-6bx-7tt-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%A8%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A6%BC%E2%80%8D%E2%9E%A1%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xA8 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xBC 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x9E 0xA1 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
👨🦼➡️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | যান্ত্রিক হুইলচেয়ারে পুরুষ: ডান দিকে মুখ করে আছে |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 坐电动轮椅的男人: 面向右边 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 坐電動輪椅的男子:面右 |
| Danish | mand i elektrisk kørestol: mod højre |
| Dutch | man in elektrische rolstoel: naar rechts gericht |
| English | man in motorized wheelchair: facing right |
| English (UK) | man in motorized wheelchair: facing right |
| Estonian | elektriratastoolis olev mees: suunaga paremale |
| Finnish | mies moottoroidussa pyörätuolissa: kohti oikeaa |
| French | homme en fauteuil motorisé : vers la droite |
| German | Mann in elektrischem Rollstuhl: nach rechts |
| Hindi | मोटर व्हीलचेयर पर बैठा आदमी: दाईं ओर चेहरा घुमाए |
| Hungarian | férfi motoros kerekesszékben: jobbra néző |
| Italian | uomo su sedia a rotelle motorizzata: a destra |
| Japanese | 電動車椅子の男性: 右向き |
| Korean | 전동 휠체어를 탄 남자: 오른쪽을 향한 |
| Lithuanian | vyras motorizuotame vežimėlyje: atsisukęs į dešinę |
| Malay | lelaki dalam kerusi roda bermotor: menghadap kanan |
| Norwegian | mann i motorisert rullestol: vendt mot høyre |
| Polish | mężczyzna na elektrycznym wózku inwalidzkim: zwrócony w prawo |
| Portuguese | homem em cadeira de rodas motorizada: de frente para a direita |
| Russian | мужчина в электрическом кресле-коляске: , направленные вправо |
| Spanish | hombre en silla de ruedas eléctrica: hacia la derecha |
| Spanish (Mexico) | hombre en silla de ruedas eléctrica: hacia la derecha |
| Swedish | man i permobil: åt höger |
| Thai | ผู้ชายนั่งวีลแชร์ไฟฟ้า: หันขวา |
| Ukrainian | чоловік у візку з електроприводом: правий профіль: |
| Vietnamese | người đàn ông trên xe lăn điện: hướng sang phải |