Man with white cane: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with a medium-light skin tone walking forward while holding a white cane. The cane is angled toward the ground, representing the physical tool used by people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their surroundings.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, mobility, or the experience of navigating the world with visual impairment. It is frequently used in advocacy for inclusive design or to identify someone who is blind. It is often grouped with the woman with white cane or the blindfold emoji to talk about sight and sensory awareness.

History

Added in 2019 as part of the Emoji 12.0 update, this character was developed to expand representation for the disability community. It reflects a push by tech companies to make digital communication more inclusive of diverse human experiences and physical needs.

Details

Glyph

👨🏼‍🦯

Unicode

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

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f9af:

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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