man in manual wheelchair facing right: medium-light skin tone
Unicode: 1F468 1F3FC 200D 1F9BD 200D 27A1 FE0F
Description
A man with medium-dark skin tone, wearing a futuristic cybernetic arm, walking to the right. It represents an individual enhanced with advanced technology.
Group:
People & Body > person-activity
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Represents advancement, future, technology, disability inclusion, adaptation, or potential vulnerability/strength.
Backstory
This emoji is a ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence combining 'Man', 'Medium-Dark Skin Tone', 'ZWJ', 'Prosthetic Leg', 'ZWJ', and 'Right Arrow'. It was introduced in Unicode 13.0 (2020) and reflects the increasing recognition and representation of people with prostheses and the growing presence of cybernetic enhancements in popular culture and technological discussions.
Usage Examples
- Discussing future technology: 'Imagine a world with personalized cybernetic enhancements. 👨🏾🦽➡️'
- Representing innovation: 'Our new research focuses on advanced prosthetics. 👨🏾🦽➡️'
- Sci-fi storytelling: 'The protagonist, a cybernetically enhanced soldier, moved swiftly. 👨🏾🦽➡️'
- Discussing human augmentation: 'What are the ethical implications of human augmentation? 👨🏾🦽➡️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often seen in contexts of futuristic sci-fi, video games, or discussions around transhumanism and accessibility. Can evoke themes of human-machine integration.
East Asian culture:
May be associated with cyberpunk aesthetics, manga/anime characters, or advancements in robotics and prosthetics often depicted in their media. Can sometimes carry connotations of overcoming adversity with technology.