Man with white cane: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A man with medium-dark skin holding a long, straight white cane angled toward the ground. The icon depicts a person navigating their surroundings with a tool designed to detect obstacles.

Usage Context

This emoji serves as a vital representation for the blind and visually impaired community. It is frequently used in discussions about accessibility, urban navigation, and disability advocacy. It is often grouped with the woman with white cane or the white cane emoji to highlight inclusion in digital communication.

History

Added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, this emoji was part of a major push to make the digital keyboard more representative of real-world physical mobility aids. The inclusion of skin tone modifiers reflects a commitment to ensuring that accessibility icons are as diverse as the people who use them.

Details

Glyph

👨🏾‍🦯

Unicode

U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f9af:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC68;&#xD83C;&#xDFFE;‍&#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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