Man with white cane: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned man walking while using a long white cane to navigate his surroundings. The design clearly shows the cane being held low, ready to sweep the ground for obstacles.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent blind or visually impaired individuals or to signal the use of accessibility tools. It is frequently paired with the 🦮 guide dog emoji to discuss mobility aids and support services in everyday settings.

History

Part of the effort to make digital communication more inclusive, this variation was added in 2019 alongside the broader release of accessibility-themed characters. It builds on the standardized white cane icon, which has served as an international orientation and mobility marker for the visually impaired since the mid-20th century.

Details

Glyph

👨🏿‍🦯

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f9af:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDDAF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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