Person with white cane: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-light skin tone walking forward while holding a white cane outstretched to detect obstacles on the ground. The icon features a stylized figure in motion, emphasizing the navigation tool used by those with visual impairments.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to discuss accessibility, mobility, or the experience of being blind or visually impaired. It is frequently utilized to advocate for inclusive infrastructure or to mark content that has been optimized for screen readers, similar to how 🦮 represents guide dogs.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of an effort to increase inclusive representation in digital communication. The design evolved from earlier, less specific pictograms to accurately reflect the functionality of the long cane used in orientation and mobility training.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏼🦯
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_1f9af:
HTML Entity
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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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