Man with white cane facing right: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone walking toward the right while holding a long, white cane. The cane is positioned to feel out the ground ahead of him, clearly indicating a person who is blind or visually impaired.

Usage Context

Used to denote accessibility, navigate conversations regarding disability advocacy, or describe the act of walking with assistive equipment. It is frequently grouped with the ♿ wheelchair symbol or the 👁️‍🗨️ eye in speech bubble to discuss inclusive infrastructure.

History

This emoji was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. It represents a significant expansion in Unicode's efforts to represent disability-related activities more accurately, moving beyond basic static symbols to portray people actively navigating their environments.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🦯‍➡

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDAF;‍➡

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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