U+1F9BE "🦾" Mechanical Arm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦾
U+1F9BE "🦾" Mechanical Arm is a symbol representing a prosthetic or robotic limb, often used in digital communication to convey themes of assistive technology, science fiction, strength, or adaptation. Officially added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, it falls under the category of People & Body and specifically within the subcategory of body parts. The character depicts a metallic or bionic arm, sometimes with visible joints or circuitry, and is frequently employed in contexts discussing disability, cyborgs, durability, or overcoming physical challenges. Its design promotes inclusivity by providing a visual representation for assisted living and technological enhancement of the human form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F9BE |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Mechanical Arm |
| Block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🦾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🦾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDDBE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F9BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\uddbe |