# 👨‍🦯 Man with white cane emoji

👨‍🦯 Man with white cane is an emoji in the people doing things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: accessibility, blind and probing.

- Emoji: 👨‍🦯
- Unicode name: man with white cane
- Code points: U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9AF
- Category: People & body, People doing things
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :man_with_probing_cane:
- Keywords: accessibility, blind, cane, man, probing, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-emoji

## What it means

A man walking with a white cane, a mobility aid used by many blind and low-vision people. It is used to represent blind or low-vision men and to talk about accessibility, navigation and independence.

## Skin tones

- 👨🏻‍🦯 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF
- 👨🏼‍🦯 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF
- 👨🏽‍🦯 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF
- 👨🏾‍🦯 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF
- 👨🏿‍🦯 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF

## What it's made of

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

1. 👨 [Man](https://emojichart.com/man-emoji.md) (U+1F468)
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 “man with white cane”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man with white cane”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man with white cane”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man with white cane”.
- GitHub: Type :man_with_probing_cane: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre con bastón | accesibilidad, bastón, ciego, hombre, hombre con bastón, invidente |
| Français (fr) | homme avec canne blanche | accessibilité, aveugle, déficient visuel, handicap, handicap visuel, homme, homme avec canne blanche, malvoyant |
| Deutsch (de) | Mann mit Langstock | Barrierefreiheit, Behinderung, blind, Mann, Mann mit Blindenstock, Mann mit Gehstock, Mann mit Langstock, Mensch, Person, sehbehindert |
| Italiano (it) | uomo con bastone bianco di orientamento | accessibilità, cecità, cieco, ipovedente, ipovedenti, non vedente, non vedenti, persona, uomo, uomo con bastone bianco di orientamento, uomo con bastone per ciechi |
| Português (pt) | homem com bengala para cego | accessibilidade, cego, homem, homem com bengala para cego |
| Nederlands (nl) | man met taststok | blind, man, man met blindenstok, man met taststok, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | man med vit käpp | blind, blindkäpp, man, man med blindkäpp, man med vit käpp, vit käpp |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna z białą laską | dostępność, mężczyzna, mężczyzna z białą laską, niewidomy |
| Türkçe (tr) | görme engelli bastonlu erkek | erişilebilirlik, erkek, görme engelli, görme engelli bastonlu erkek |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина с тростью для ходьбы | инвалид, мужчина, мужчина с тростью для ходьбы, палочка, слепой, трость, человек |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік із тактильною тростиною | біла, білий, доступність, незрячий, сліпий, спеціальні можливості, тростина, ціпок, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας με μπαστούνι για τυφλούς | άντρας, άντρας με μπαστούνι για τυφλούς, προσβασιμότητα, τυφλός |
| العربية (ar) | رجل بعصا سير | أعمى, إعاقة, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, ذو احتياجات, رجل, رجل بعصا سير, شخص, ضرير, كفيف, مشي, معاق, مكفوف, يمشي |
| עברית (he) | איש עם מקל נחייה | איש עם מקל נחייה, לקוי ראייה, נגישות, עיוור |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد با عصای سفید | دسترس‌پذیری, قابلیت دسترسی, کور, مرد, مرد با عصای سفید, نابینا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | छड़ी लिया हुआ आदमी | अंधा, आदमी, छड़ी लिए हुए आदमी, छड़ी लिए हुए दिव्यांग आदमी, छड़ी लिया हुआ आदमी, दिव्यांग |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছড়ি হাতে পুরুষ | অন্ধ, অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, ছড়ি হাতে পুরুষ, পুরুষ, মানুষ, লাঠি হাতে অন্ধব্যক্তি, হাতে লাঠি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria dengan tongkat | aksesiblitas, buta, pria, pria dengan tongkat, tongkat, tunanetra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông với gậy dò đường | hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thị, mù, người đàn ông, người đàn ông với cây gậy, người đàn ông với gậy dò đường |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายเดินถือไม้เท้านำทาง | การเข้าถึง, การช่วยเหลือพิเศษ, คนตาบอด, เดิน, ผู้ชาย, ไม้เท้า, สำรวจ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 杖をついた男性 | アクセシビリティ, 杖をついた男性, 男性, 白杖をついた男性, 目, 視覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 지팡이를 든 남자 | 남자, 시각장애, 접근성, 지팡이를 든 남자, 지팡이를 든 남자 시각장애인 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 拄盲杖的男人 | 拄盲杖的男人, 拐杖, 无障碍, 男, 男人, 男子, 盲, 盲人 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 拿導盲手杖的男子 | 人, 拿導盲手杖的男子, 男, 男子, 盲人, 行動不便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man met gidsstok
- Akan (ak): Barima kura abaa fitaa
- Albanian (sq): burrë me shkop gjurmimi
- Amharic (am): ወንድ በከዘራ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնափայտով տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): হাতত বেতৰ লাখুটি লৈ থকা মানুহৰ ছবি
- Azerbaijani (az): zond ilə kişi
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ таяҡлы ир
- Basque (eu): itsu-makila daraman gizona
- Belarusian (be): мужчына з палкай
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac sa štapom za hodanje
- Breton (br): paotr gant ur vazh wenn
- Bulgarian (bg): мъж с бял бастун
- Burmese (my): တုတ်ကောက်နှင့် လမ်းလျှောက်နေသူ
- Cantonese (yue): 拎拐杖嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home amb un bastó per a invidents
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎨᏫ ᎦᏅᏍᏓ ᎬᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 拎導盲拐杖嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): утмалли туя
- Croatian (hr): muškarac s bijelim štapom
- Czech (cs): muž se slepeckou holí
- Danish (da): mand med blindestok
- Estonian (et): valge kepiga mees
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem com bengala para cegos
- Faroese (fo): maður við blindastavi
- Filipino (fil): lalaking may baston
- Finnish (fi): mies ja valkoinen keppi
- Galician (gl): home cun bastón guía
- Georgian (ka): კაცი თეთრი ჯოხით
- Gujarati (gu): તપાસ માટેની લાકડી સાથે પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): mutum da farar sanda
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): white cane pakda hua aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): férfi fehér bottal
- Icelandic (is): maður með blindrastaf
- Igbo (ig): nwoke ji mkpara ọcha
- Irish (ga): fear le cána bán
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang nyekeli teken
- Kannada (kn): ಊರುಗೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): таяғы бар еркек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تاياعى بار ەركەك
- Khmer (km): បុរស​កាន់ឈើច្រត់សម្រាប់​ជនពិការភ្នែក
- Konkani (kok): आधाराची बडी घेवंन दादलो
- Kyrgyz (ky): таяк таянган киши
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້​ຊາຍ​ຖື​ໄມ້​ຄັນ​ເທົ້າ​ນຳ​ທາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis ar balto atbalsta spieķi
- Lithuanian (lt): vyras su neregio lazdele
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): muski z kijom za slěpych
- Macedonian (mk): маж со стап за слепи
- Malay (ms): lelaki dengan tongkat putih
- Malayalam (ml): പ്രോബിംഗ് വടി പിടിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന പുരുഷൻ
- Marathi (mr): अंधांची काठी असलेला माणूस
- Mongolian (mn): таягтай хараагүй эрэгтэй
- Nepali (ne): प्रोबिङ केन भएको पुरुष
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wit Waít Wọkín-Stik
- Norwegian (no): mann med blindestokk
- Odia (or): ଅନ୍ଧ ବାଡ଼ି ସହିତ ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira hokkoo adii waliin
- Pashto (ps): سړی د معلولينو د همسا سره
- Punjabi (pa): ਪ੍ਰੋਬਿੰਗ ਕੈਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਆਦਮੀ
- Quechua (qu): runa yuraq warrawan
- Romanian (ro): bărbat cu baston pentru nevăzători
- Romansh (rm): um cun channa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine dall le batachan
- Serbian (sr): човек са помоћним штапом
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): човјек са помоћним штапом
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): čovek sa pomoćnim štapom
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): čovjek sa pomoćnim štapom
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးပႃးၶွၼ်ႉတဝ်ႉပႆတၢင်း
- Sindhi (sd): پروبنگ ڪين سان ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): ඒෂණ දණ්ඩක් සහිත මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): muž s bielou palicou
- Slovenian (sl): moški s palico za slepe
- Somali (so): nin sita usha cad indhoolaha
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): hombre con bastón blanco
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume anayetembea kwa mkongojo
- Tamil (ta): கைத்தடியுடன் நடக்கும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): ప్రోబింగ్ కేన్‌తో వెళ్తున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ በትሪ ዘለዎ ሰብኣይ
- Tongan (to): tangata moe tokotokokui
- Turkmen (tk): kör hasaly erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž z kijom za slepych
- Urdu (ur): نابینا افراد والی چھڑی کے ساتھ مرد
- Uzbek (uz): hassali kishi
- Welsh (cy): dyn â ffon wen
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú ọ̀pá funfun
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin pɛ̀lú ɔ̀pá funfun
- Zulu (zu): indoda enekheni lokuhlola

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9AF` |
| HTML | `👨‍🦯` |
| CSS | `\1F468\200D\1F9AF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F468}\u{200D}\u{1F9AF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F468\u200D\U0001F9AF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 91 A8 E2 80 8D F0 9F A6 AF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC68 200D D83E DDAF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%91%A8%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%A6%AF` |

## Questions

### What does the 👨‍🦯 man with white cane emoji mean?

A man walking with a white cane, a mobility aid used by many blind and low-vision people. It is used to represent blind or low-vision men and to talk about accessibility, navigation and independence.

### How do I type the 👨‍🦯 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man 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 :man_with_probing_cane:.

### When was the 👨‍🦯 emoji added?

👨‍🦯 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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

U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9AF. In HTML you can write 👨‍🦯, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F468}\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/man-with-white-cane-emoji