Person with white cane: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A person with medium skin tone walking while holding a white cane. The cane is angled downward, representing the common tool used by people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their surroundings safely.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss accessibility, disability advocacy, and inclusive design in public spaces. It serves as a direct identifier for individuals who are blind, replacing the need for long-form text when identifying people with visual impairments alongside emojis like 🦯 or ♿.

History

Added in 2020 as part of Unicode 13.0, this emoji was part of a major effort to expand representational diversity in the character set. It builds on earlier accessibility icons that were standardized to ensure that digital communication tools accurately reflect the physical realities of assistive technology and independence.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏽‍🦯

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fd_200d_1f9af:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;‍&#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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