Person with white cane facing right: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a medium-dark skin tone walking toward the right while holding a long white cane extended in front of them. The cane is traditionally used as a tool to detect obstacles and navigate terrain safely.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent blindness, low vision, or the broader community of individuals who use white canes for mobility. It is a vital tool for digital accessibility and is frequently used alongside other advocacy icons like ♿ or 🦮 to discuss navigation and inclusive infrastructure.

History

While the basic walking person and cane icons have been around for years, this specific combination was introduced in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion followed a push by advocacy groups to ensure that emoji sets better represented the realities of daily life for people with disabilities.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏾‍🦯‍➡

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#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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