Woman with white cane facing right: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned woman walking to the right, holding a long white cane extended out in front of her. This character is designed to represent a person with visual impairment navigating their environment.
Usage Context
This emoji serves as a clear way to discuss accessibility, mobility, and the daily experiences of the blind or low-vision community. It is frequently used in conversations regarding inclusive urban design, assistive technology, or simply to identify oneself or others. It is often paired with the 🦮 guide dog emoji to provide a complete picture of navigation assistance.
History
Part of the ongoing effort by the Unicode Consortium to make digital communication more inclusive, this emoji was added in 2019. It builds on the earlier rollout of basic accessibility icons, moving toward more detailed human representations that account for gender and skin tone variation.
Details
Glyph
👩🏿🦯➡
Unicode
U+1F469 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f9af_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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