Woman with white cane: medium-dark skin tone Emoji

People

A woman with medium-dark skin holding a white cane extended outward. The cane serves as a navigation tool for people who are blind or have low vision to detect obstacles or changes in surface texture while moving.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent visual impairment, disability advocacy, or the use of assistive technology in daily life. It is often used alongside other icons representing accessibility like ♿ or 🦯 to highlight inclusive design or awareness.

History

This variant was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of the Emoji 12.0 update. Its inclusion was a significant push by accessibility advocates to ensure that digital communication tools better represented the diverse experiences of people with disabilities worldwide.

Details

Glyph

👩🏾‍🦯

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f9af:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#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

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

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