# 🧑‍🦯 Person with white cane emoji

🧑‍🦯 Person with white cane is an emoji in the people doing things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: accessibility, blind and probing.

- Emoji: 🧑‍🦯
- Unicode name: person with white cane
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9AF
- Category: People & body, People doing things
- Added: Emoji 12.1 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :person_with_probing_cane:
- Keywords: accessibility, blind, cane, person, probing, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-emoji

## What it means

A person walking with a long white cane, the tool many blind or low-vision people use to detect obstacles and find their way. It shows up in posts about blindness, low vision, accessibility and independent travel.

## Skin tones

- 🧑🏻‍🦯 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF
- 🧑🏼‍🦯 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF
- 🧑🏽‍🦯 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF
- 🧑🏾‍🦯 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF
- 🧑🏿‍🦯 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF

## What it's made of

🧑‍🦯 is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. 🦯 [White cane](https://emojichart.com/white-cane-emoji.md) (U+1F9AF)

## How to type 🧑‍🦯

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person with white cane”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person with white cane”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person with white cane”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person with white cane”.
- GitHub: Type :person_with_probing_cane: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona con bastón | accesibilidad, ciego, invidente, persona con bastón |
| Français (fr) | personne avec une canne blanche | accessibilité, aveugle, personne avec une canne blanche |
| Deutsch (de) | Person mit Langstock | Barrierefreiheit, blind, Person mit Blindenstock, Person mit Langstock |
| Italiano (it) | persona con bastone di orientamento | accessibilità, cecità, persona con bastone di orientamento |
| Português (pt) | pessoa com bengala para cego | acessibilidade, cego, pessoa com bengala para cego |
| Nederlands (nl) | persoon met taststok | blind, persoon met taststok, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | person med vit käpp | hjälpmedel, person med vit käpp, synskadad |
| Polski (pl) | osoba z białą laską | dostępność, niewidoma, niewidomy, osoba z białą laską |
| Türkçe (tr) | görme engelli bastonlu kişi | erişilebilirlik, görme engelli, görme engelli bastonlu kişi, kör |
| Русский (ru) | человек с белой тростью | инвалид, слепой, человек с белой тростью |
| Українська (uk) | людина з тактильним ціпком | біла, білий, доступність, незрячі, спеціальні можливості, тростина, ціпок |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο με μπαστούνι για τυφλούς | άτομο με λευκό μπαστούνι, άτομο με μπαστούνι για τυφλούς, προσβασιμότητα, τυφλός |
| العربية (ar) | شخص مع عصا سير | أعمى, احتياجات خاصة, شخص مع عصا سير, ضرير, كفيف |
| עברית (he) | אדם עם מקל נחייה | אדם עם מקל נחייה, לקוי ראייה, נגישות, עיוור |
| فارسی (fa) | شخصی با عصای راهنما | دسترس‌پذیری, شخصی با عصای راهنما, شخصی با عصای سفید, نابینا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | छड़ी पकड़ा हुआ आदमी | छड़ी पकड़ा हुआ आदमी, नेत्रहीन, सफ़ेद छड़ी पकड़ा हुआ आदमी, सुलभता |
| বাংলা (bn) | অন্ধের ছড়ি | অন্ধ, অন্ধের ছড়ি, অ্যাকসেসিবিলিটি, সাদা ছড়ি নিয়ে ব্যক্ত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang dengan tongkat | aksesibilitas, buta, orang dengan tongkat |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người với gậy dò đường | khả năng tiếp cận, mù, người với gậy dò đường |
| ไทย (th) | คนเดินถือไม้เท้านำทาง | การเข้าถึง, การช่วยเหลือพิเศษ, คนเดินถือไม้เท้านำทาง, ตาบอด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 杖をついた人 | アクセシビリティ, 杖をついた人, 目, 視覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 지팡이를 든 사람 | 시각장애, 접근성, 지팡이를 든 사람 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 拄盲杖的人 | 拄盲杖的人, 无障碍, 盲 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 拿導盲手杖的人 | 拿導盲手杖的人, 盲人, 行動不便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon met gidsstok
- Akan (ak): Obi kura abaa fitaa
- Albanian (sq): person me shkop gjurmimi
- Amharic (am): ሰው ከመምሪያ አገዳ ጋር
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնափայտով անձ
- Assamese (as): বেতৰ লাখুটি লৈ থকা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): zondlayan çəlikli adam
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ таяҡлы кеше
- Basque (eu): itsu-makila daraman pertsona
- Belarusian (be): чалавек з палкай
- Bosnian (bs): osoba sa štapom za hodanje
- Breton (br): den gant ur vazh wenn
- Bulgarian (bg): човек с бял бастун
- Burmese (my): တုတ်ကောက်နှင့်လူ
- Cantonese (yue): 揸柺杖嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona amb un bastó per a invidents
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏗᎨᏫ ᎬᏂᏍᏓ ᎬᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): шурӑ туялӑ ҫын
- Croatian (hr): osoba s bijelim štapom
- Czech (cs): člověk se slepeckou holí
- Danish (da): person med blindestok
- Estonian (et): valge kepiga inimene
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa com bengala para cegos
- Faroese (fo): persónur við blindastavi
- Filipino (fil): taong may tungkod
- Finnish (fi): henkilö ja valkoinen keppi
- Galician (gl): persoa cun bastón guía
- Georgian (ka): ადამიანი თეთრი ხელჯოხით
- Gujarati (gu): પ્રોબિંગ કૅન સાથેની વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai farin bulala
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): white cane pakda hua vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): ember fehér bottal
- Icelandic (is): manneskja með blindrastaf
- Igbo (ig): onye ji mkpara ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine le cána bán
- Javanese (jv): wong nyekeli teken
- Kannada (kn): ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): таяғы бар адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تاياعى بار ادام
- Khmer (km): ឈើច្រត់
- Konkani (kok): आधाराची बडी घेवंन व्यक्ती
- Kyrgyz (ky): таякка жөлөнгөн киши
- Lao (lo): ຄົນກັບໄມ້ເທົ້າສີຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): persona ar balto spieķi
- Lithuanian (lt): žmogus neregio lazdele
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wósoba z kijom za slěpych
- Macedonian (mk): лице со стап за слепи
- Malay (ms): orang dengan tongkat putih
- Malayalam (ml): വെളുത്ത വടിയേന്തിയ വ്യക്തി
- Marathi (mr): अंधांची काठी हातात घेतलेला पुरूष
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): Persona con bastón blanco
- Mongolian (mn): метал илрүүлэгчтэй хүн
- Nepali (ne): प्रोबिङ केन भएको मानिस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wit Waít Wọkín-Stik
- Norwegian (no): person med blindestokk
- Odia (or): ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନ ବାଡ଼ି ସହିତ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama shimala adii waliin
- Pashto (ps): شخص د معلولينو د امسا سره
- Punjabi (pa): ਟਟੋਲਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਸੋਟੀ ਫੜੀ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Quechua (qu): runa yuraq cañawan
- Romanian (ro): persoană cu baston pentru nevăzători
- Romansh (rm): persuna cun ina channa da tschorvs
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach dall le batachan
- Serbian (sr): особа са помоћним штапом
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba sa pomoćnim štapom
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းပႃးၶွၼ်ႉတဝ်ႉပႆတၢင်း
- Sindhi (sd): پروبنگ لٺ وارو ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): සැරයැටියක් රැගෙන යන පුද්ගලයා
- Slovak (sk): človek s bielou palicou
- Slovenian (sl): oseba s palico za slepe
- Somali (so): qof wata bakoorad cas
- Swahili (sw): mtu anayetembea kwa mkongojo
- Tamil (ta): தடியுடன் நடக்கும் நபர்
- Telugu (te): ప్రోబింగ్ కేన్‌తో వెళ్తున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ በትሪ ዘለዎ ሰብ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha moe tokotokokui
- Turkmen (tk): kör hasaly adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba z kijom za slepych
- Urdu (ur): ٹٹولنے والی چھڑی کے ساتھ فرد
- Uzbek (uz): hassali odam
- Welsh (cy): person â ffon gerdded
- Yoruba (yo): ènìyàn pẹ̀lú ọ̀pá funfun
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ènìyàn pɛ̀lú ɔ̀pá funfun
- Zulu (zu): umuntu onenkinga yokungena

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9AF` |
| HTML | `🧑‍🦯` |
| CSS | `\1F9D1\200D\1F9AF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F9AF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F9AF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F A6 AF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD1 200D D83E DDAF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A6%AF` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧑‍🦯 person with white cane emoji mean?

A person walking with a long white cane, the tool many blind or low-vision people use to detect obstacles and find their way. It shows up in posts about blindness, low vision, accessibility and independent travel.

### How do I type the 🧑‍🦯 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person with white cane”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :person_with_probing_cane:.

### When was the 🧑‍🦯 emoji added?

🧑‍🦯 was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧑‍🦯?

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F9AF. In HTML you can write 🧑‍🦯, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F9AF}.

### Does 🧑‍🦯 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧑🏻‍🦯 light, 🧑🏼‍🦯 medium-light, 🧑🏽‍🦯 medium, 🧑🏾‍🦯 medium-dark and 🧑🏿‍🦯 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-emoji