Woman with white cane facing right: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-toned skin holding a long white cane, depicted in motion while walking toward the right. The white cane features a distinct horizontal handle and is designed to act as a mobility tool for navigation.
Usage Context
This emoji is used to represent visual impairment, blindness, or the use of assistive technology in daily life. It is frequently employed in discussions about inclusive design, accessibility advocacy, or personal stories regarding navigation and independence. It is often used alongside 🦯 or ♿ to signal support for the disability community.
History
The base woman emoji and the white cane emoji were combined using a Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) sequence in 2019 to better represent the broad spectrum of human mobility. This addition was part of a larger Unicode push to improve representation for people with disabilities across all mobile platforms.
Details
Glyph
👩🏽🦯➡
Unicode
U+1F469 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f469_1f3fd_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
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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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