# 🦾 Mechanical arm emoji

🦾 Mechanical arm is an emoji in the body parts set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: accessibility and prosthetic.

- Emoji: 🦾
- Unicode name: mechanical arm
- Code points: U+1F9BE
- Category: People & body, Body parts
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :mechanical_arm:
- Keywords: accessibility, arm, mechanical, prosthetic
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mechanical-arm-emoji

## What it means

A robotic prosthetic arm with metal joints. Prosthetic limbs and accessibility come first, along with robots, technology and strength. Assistive technology, cyborg and sci-fi themes use it, and sometimes it stands in for the flexed bicep.

## How to type 🦾

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “mechanical arm”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “mechanical arm”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “mechanical arm”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “mechanical arm”.
- GitHub: Type :mechanical_arm: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | brazo mecánico | accesibilidad, brazo mecánico, ortopedia, prótesis |
| Français (fr) | bras mécanique | accessibilité, bras, bras mécanique, bras robot, handicap, prothèse, prothèse de bras |
| Deutsch (de) | Armprothese | Arm, Armprothese, Barrierefreiheit, Prothese |
| Italiano (it) | protesi robotica per il braccio | accessibilità, braccio meccanico, protesi, protesi robotica per il braccio |
| Português (pt) | braço mecânico | acessibilidade, braço mecânico, prótese |
| Nederlands (nl) | armprothese | armprothese, bionische arm, kunstarm, mechanische arm, prothese, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | mekanisk arm | bionisk arm, mekanisk arm, protes |
| Polski (pl) | mechaniczne ramię | dostępność, mechaniczne ramię, proteza |
| Türkçe (tr) | mekanik kol | erişilebilirlik, mekanik kol, protez |
| Русский (ru) | механическая рука | возможности, инвалид, инвалидность, механическая, ограниченные, протез, рука |
| Українська (uk) | механічна рука | доступність, механічна рука, протез, спеціальні можливості |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μηχανικό χέρι | μηχανικό χέρι, προσβασιμότητα, προσθετικό μέλος |
| العربية (ar) | ذراع اصطناعية | إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, ترقيع, ذراع اصطناعية, ذراع صناعية, روبوت, صناعية, طرف صناعي, يد |
| עברית (he) | זרוע מכנית | זרוע מכנית, נגישות, פרוטזה, תותב, תותבת |
| فارسی (fa) | بازوی مکانیکی | اندام ساختگی, اندام مصنوعی, بازوی مکانیکی, پروستتیک, دسترس‌پذیری, عضو مصنوعی, قابلیت دسترسی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | यांत्रिक हाथ | कृत्रिम हाथ, तकनीक, मशीन, मशीनी हाथ, यांत्रिक हाथ, रोबोट, रोबोटिक हाथ |
| বাংলা (bn) | যান্ত্রিক হাত | অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, কৃত্রিম, যান্ত্রিক হাত, রোবটের হাত, হাত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lengan robot | aksesibilitas, lengan mekanikal, lengan robot, mekanikal, prostetik, tangan mekanikal |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cánh tay giả | cánh tay giả, giả, hỗ trợ, hỗ trợ tiếp cận |
| ไทย (th) | แขนกล | กายอุปกรณ์, การเข้าถึง, แขนกล, เทียม, หุ่นยนต์, อวัยวะ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 義手 | アクセシビリティ, 人工装具, 手, 義手, 腕 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기계 팔 | 기계 팔, 인공 팔, 접근성 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 机械手臂 | 义肢, 手臂, 无障碍, 机械手臂 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 機械手臂 | 機械手臂, 義肢, 行動不便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): meganiese arm
- Akan (ak): dadeɛ abasa a ɛkɔba
- Albanian (sq): krah mekanik
- Amharic (am): አውቶማቲክ እጅ
- Armenian (hy): մեխանիկական ձեռք
- Assamese (as): যান্ত্ৰিক হাত
- Azerbaijani (az): mexaniki əl
- Bashkir (ba): механик ҡул
- Basque (eu): beso mekanikoa
- Belarusian (be): механічная рука
- Bosnian (bs): mehanička ruka
- Breton (br): brecʼh vekanikel
- Bulgarian (bg): механична ръка
- Burmese (my): စက်ရုပ်လက်မောင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 機械臂
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 机械臂
- Catalan (ca): pròtesi de braç
- Cherokee (chr): ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᎧᏃᎨᏂ
- Chuvash (cv): механика алли
- Croatian (hr): mehanička ruka
- Czech (cs): mechanická paže
- Danish (da): mekanisk arm
- Estonian (et): mehaaniline käsi
- Faroese (fo): kunstigur armur
- Filipino (fil): mekanikal na braso
- Finnish (fi): tekokäsi
- Galician (gl): brazo mecánico
- Georgian (ka): მექანიკური მხარი
- Gujarati (gu): મશીનથી બનેલો હાથ
- Hausa (ha): hannu na inji
- Hungarian (hu): mechanikus kar
- Icelandic (is): vélhandleggur
- Igbo (ig): aka igwe
- Interlingua (ia): bracio mechanic
- Irish (ga): lámh mheicniúil
- Javanese (jv): lengen mekanis
- Kannada (kn): ಯಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಕೈ
- Kazakh (kk): механикалық қол
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مەحانيكالىق قول
- Khmer (km): ដៃមេកានិច
- Konkani (kok): यांत्रिक दंड
- Kyrgyz (ky): механикалык кол
- Lao (lo): ແຂນ​ທຽມ
- Latvian (lv): mehāniska roka
- Lithuanian (lt): mechaninė ranka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): proteza ruki
- Macedonian (mk): механичка рака
- Malay (ms): lengan mekanikal
- Malayalam (ml): യന്ത്രക്കൈ
- Marathi (mr): यांत्रिक हात
- Mongolian (mn): хиймэл механик гар
- Nepali (ne): यान्त्रिकी हात
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Atífíshál Hand
- Norwegian (no): mekanisk arm
- Odia (or): ଯାନ୍ତ୍ରିକ ହାତ
- Oromo (om): irree mekaanikaalii
- Pashto (ps): ميخانيکي مټ
- Punjabi (pa): ਮਕੈਨੀਕਲ ਬਾਂਹ
- Quechua (qu): mecanico maki
- Romanian (ro): braț mecanic
- Romansh (rm): protesa da bratsch
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gàirdean meacanaigeach
- Serbian (sr): механичка рука
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mehanička ruka
- Shan (shn): ၶႅၼ်မိုဝ်းလဵၵ်း
- Sindhi (sd): مڪينيڪل هٿ
- Sinhala (si): යාන්ත්‍රික හස්තය
- Slovak (sk): mechanická paža
- Slovenian (sl): mehanska roka
- Somali (so): gacan mashiin ah
- Swahili (sw): mkono bandia
- Tamil (ta): எந்திரக் கை
- Telugu (te): మర చేయి
- Tigrinya (ti): መካኒካዊ ቅልጽም
- Tongan (to): nima ukamea
- Turkmen (tk): mehaniki gol
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mechaniska ruka
- Urdu (ur): مشینی بازو
- Uzbek (uz): mexanik qoʻl
- Welsh (cy): braich fecanyddol
- Yoruba (yo): apá iṣẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): apá ishɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): isandla sikamakhenikha

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9BE` |
| HTML | `🦾` |
| CSS | `\1F9BE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9BE}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9BE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 BE` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDBE` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%BE` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦾 mechanical arm emoji mean?

A robotic prosthetic arm with metal joints. Prosthetic limbs and accessibility come first, along with robots, technology and strength. Assistive technology, cyborg and sci-fi themes use it, and sometimes it stands in for the flexed bicep.

### How do I type the 🦾 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “mechanical arm”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :mechanical_arm:.

### When was the 🦾 emoji added?

🦾 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦾?

U+1F9BE. In HTML you can write 🦾, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9BE}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/mechanical-arm-emoji