Man with white cane facing right: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-dark skin tone walking toward the right while holding a long white cane used for navigation. The icon depicts the standard mobility tool used by individuals who are blind or have low vision to detect obstacles in their path.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a clear indicator for accessibility discussions, assistive technology, or identifying locations equipped for visually impaired guests. It is often used alongside ♿ to signal that a space or service is inclusive.
History
Introduced in Emoji 13.0 in 2020, this character resulted from a push for better representation of people with disabilities. The white cane design follows the international standard for mobility aids, which gained global recognition after the invention of the 'long cane' method in the 1940s.
Details
Glyph
👨🏾🦯➡
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
����‍��‍➡
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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