Person with white cane facing right Emoji
People
A person walking toward the right while holding a long, slender white cane. The cane is positioned near the ground as if the individual is feeling the terrain to navigate their surroundings safely.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to represent visual impairment, disability advocacy, and accessibility awareness. It is frequently featured in digital conversations regarding public infrastructure, assistance tools, or to indicate that someone is currently using a mobility aid. It is often grouped with related accessibility symbols like ♿ or 🦮.
History
The person with white cane emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 to improve representation for the blind and low-vision community. Its inclusion followed a push for more inclusive character sets that accurately depict the daily realities and tools used by people with disabilities.
Details
Glyph
🧑🦯➡
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_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
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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