Man with white cane facing right: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with light skin shown in profile, walking toward the right while holding a white cane. The cane is positioned low to the ground, serving as a navigational tool for someone who is blind or has low vision.
Usage Context
This icon acts as a clear visual shorthand for accessibility and the presence of visually impaired individuals. It is frequently used in public service announcements, wayfinding discussions, or to signify support for disability advocacy. It is often paired with 🦯 to emphasize the tool itself or ♿ to denote general accessible spaces.
History
This sequence was added to the Unicode standard to provide more inclusive representation by combining separate characters for person, cane, and direction. This reflects the push for diverse character modifiers that allow users to accurately depict human figures within digital communication.
Details
Glyph
👨🏻🦯➡
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
����‍��‍➡
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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