Woman with white cane: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned woman walking with a white cane held in her right hand. The design features a human figure in motion, explicitly signifying the use of a mobility aid for navigation.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent blind or low-vision individuals. It serves as a tool for discussing accessibility, advocating for inclusive infrastructure, or identifying someone who is visually impaired in a digital conversation. It is often used alongside the ♿ or 🦯 to emphasize the importance of universal design.

History

This emoji was introduced in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its addition followed a push by advocacy groups to represent the diverse reality of people with disabilities within the global emoji keyboard, moving beyond simple icons to include human representation.

Details

Glyph

👩🏿‍🦯

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f9af:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#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

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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