# 🦯 White cane emoji

🦯 White cane is an emoji in the tools set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: accessibility, blind and probing.

- Emoji: 🦯
- Unicode name: white cane
- Code points: U+1F9AF
- Category: Objects, Tools
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :probing_cane:
- Keywords: accessibility, blind, cane, probing, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/white-cane-emoji

## What it means

The long mobility stick used by many blind and low-vision people to find their way. It represents blindness, visual impairment and accessibility, and appears in posts about disability awareness and inclusion.

## Emoji that include 🦯

- 🧑‍🦯 [Person with white cane](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-emoji.md)
- 🧑‍🦯‍➡️ [Person with white cane facing right](https://emojichart.com/person-with-white-cane-facing-right-emoji.md)
- 👨‍🦯 [Man with white cane](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-emoji.md)
- 👨‍🦯‍➡️ [Man with white cane facing right](https://emojichart.com/man-with-white-cane-facing-right-emoji.md)
- 👩‍🦯 [Woman with white cane](https://emojichart.com/woman-with-white-cane-emoji.md)
- 👩‍🦯‍➡️ [Woman with white cane facing right](https://emojichart.com/woman-with-white-cane-facing-right-emoji.md)

## How to type 🦯

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bastón | accesibilidad, bastón, ceguera, ciega, ciego, invidente |
| Français (fr) | canne blanche | accessibilité, aveugle, canne blanche, déficient visuel, malvoyant |
| Deutsch (de) | Blindenstock | Barrierefreiheit, Behinderung, blind, Blindenstock, Gehstock |
| Italiano (it) | bastone per non vedenti | accessibilità, bastone bianco, bastone per ciechi, bastone per ipovedenti, bastone per non vedenti |
| Português (pt) | bengala para cegos | acessibilidade, bengala, cega, cego, cegueira, deficiente, visual |
| Nederlands (nl) | taststok | blind, blindenstok, lopen, taststok, toegankelijkheid |
| Svenska (sv) | blindkäpp | blind, blindkäpp, tillgänglighet |
| Polski (pl) | biała laska | biała laska, dostępność, niewidomy |
| Türkçe (tr) | görme engelli bastonu | erişilebilirlik, görme engelli, görme engelli bastonu |
| Русский (ru) | белая трость | белая, инвалид, палка, слепой, трость, ходьба |
| Українська (uk) | тактильна тростина | доступність, незрячі, незрячість, сліпота, спеціальні засоби, тактильна тростина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μπαστούνι τυφλών | μπαστούνι τυφλών, προσβασιμότητα, τυφλός |
| العربية (ar) | عصا سير | أداة, أعمى, إمكانية الوصول, احتياجات خاصة, ضرير, عصا سير, كفيف |
| עברית (he) | מקל נחייה | מקל נחייה, נגישות, עיוור |
| فارسی (fa) | عصای سفید | دسترس‌پذیری, عصای سفید, قابلیت دسترسی, کور, نابینا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | नेत्रहीन की छड़ी | अंधा, अंधी, छड़ी, दिव्यांग की छड़ी, नेत्रहीन, नेत्रहीन की छड़ी, लाठी, सहायता |
| বাংলা (bn) | লাঠি | অন্ধ, অন্ধ ব্যক্তি, অন্ধের লাঠি, অ্যাক্সেসিবিলিটি, লাঠি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tongkat tunanetra | aksesibilitas, buta, tongkat tunanetra, tunanetra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | gậy dò đường | gậy dò đường, hỗ trợ tiếp cận, khiếm thị, mù |
| ไทย (th) | ไม้เท้านำทาง | การเข้าถึง, คนตาบอด, ช่วยเหลือ, นำทาง, ไม้เท้า |
| 日本語 (ja) | 白杖 | アクセシビリティ, つえ, 白杖, 視覚, 障がい |
| 한국어 (ko) | 시각장애인 지팡이 | 시각장애, 시각장애인 지팡이, 접근성, 지팡이 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 盲杖 | 拐杖, 无障碍, 盲, 盲人, 盲杖 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 導盲手杖 | 導盲手杖, 盲人, 行動不便 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gidsstok
- Akan (ak): poma fitaa
- Albanian (sq): shkop gjurmimi
- Amharic (am): ከዘራ
- Armenian (hy): ձեռնափայտ
- Assamese (as): প্ৰ’বিং কেন
- Azerbaijani (az): zond
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ таяҡ
- Basque (eu): makila
- Belarusian (be): палка
- Bosnian (bs): štap za slabovidne i slijepe
- Bulgarian (bg): бял бастун
- Burmese (my): တုတ်ကောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 探測拐杖
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 探测拐杖
- Catalan (ca): bastó per a invidents
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎨᏫ ᎦᏅᏍᏓ ᎬᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 導盲拐杖
- Chuvash (cv): шурӑ туйа
- Croatian (hr): bijeli štap
- Czech (cs): slepecká hůl
- Danish (da): blindestok
- Estonian (et): valge kepp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): bengala para invisuais
- Faroese (fo): blindastavur
- Filipino (fil): baston
- Finnish (fi): valkoinen keppi
- Galician (gl): bastón guía
- Georgian (ka): თეთრი ჯოხი
- Gujarati (gu): તપાસ માટેની લાકડી
- Hausa (ha): farar sanda
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): white cane
- Hungarian (hu): fehér bot
- Icelandic (is): blindrastafur
- Igbo (ig): mkipisi ocha
- Irish (ga): cána bán
- Javanese (jv): teken
- Kannada (kn): ಊರುಗೋಲು
- Kazakh (kk): таяқ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تاياق
- Khmer (km): ឈើច្រត់ជនពិការ
- Konkani (kok): प्रोबिंग केन
- Kyrgyz (ky): зонд таягы
- Lao (lo): ໄມ້​ຄັນ​ເທົ້າ​ນຳ​ທາງ
- Latvian (lv): baltais atbalsta spieķis
- Lithuanian (lt): neregio lazda
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): běły kij
- Macedonian (mk): стап за слепи
- Malay (ms): tongkat penduga
- Malayalam (ml): പ്രോബിംഗ് കാൻ
- Marathi (mr): अंधांची काठी
- Mongolian (mn): хараагүй хүний таяг
- Nepali (ne): प्रोबिङ केन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Waít Stik
- Norwegian (no): blindestokk
- Odia (or): ଅନ୍ଧ ବାଡ଼ି
- Oromo (om): shimala adii
- Pashto (ps): د معلولينو همسا
- Punjabi (pa): ਟਟੋਲਣ ਲਈ ਸੋਟੀ
- Quechua (qu): yuraq kaspi
- Romanian (ro): baston pentru nevăzători
- Romansh (rm): channa da tschorvs
- Sardinian (sc): bàculu pro tzegos
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): batachan
- Serbian (sr): бели штап
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): бијели штап
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): beli štap
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): bijeli štap
- Shan (shn): ၶွၼ်ႉတဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): پروبنگ ڪين
- Sinhala (si): ඒෂණ දණ්ඩ
- Slovak (sk): slepecká palica
- Slovenian (sl): palica za slepe
- Somali (so): usha cad indhoolaha
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): bastón blanco
- Swahili (sw): mkongojo wa vipofu
- Tamil (ta): கைத்தடி
- Telugu (te): ప్రోబింగ్ కేన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ በትሪ
- Tongan (to): tokotoko fakaʻeke
- Turkmen (tk): ak hasa
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): běły kij
- Urdu (ur): نابینا افراد کیلئے چھڑی
- Uzbek (uz): hassa
- Welsh (cy): ffon wen
- Yoruba (yo): egba funfun
- Zulu (zu): ikheni yokusiza

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9AF` |
| HTML | `🦯` |
| CSS | `\1F9AF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9AF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9AF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 AF` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDAF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%AF` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦯 white cane emoji mean?

The long mobility stick used by many blind and low-vision people to find their way. It represents blindness, visual impairment and accessibility, and appears in posts about disability awareness and inclusion.

### How do I type the 🦯 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦯 emoji added?

🦯 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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

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

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