U+1F9AF "🦯" Probing Cane Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

🦯
Source: Noto Color Emoji Source: Browser Default

U+1F9AF "🦯" Probing Cane is a pictographic symbol representing a long, white mobility cane used primarily by people who are blind or visually impaired to detect obstacles, changes in terrain, and other physical features in their environment through tactile feedback. Added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, this character serves both as a practical digital icon in accessibility contexts and as an emoji that can be used to represent independence, navigation, and the broader disability community. Its design typically depicts a slender, straight stick with a curved handle, often shown in white with a red tip, which is the conventional color scheme for such canes in many countries.

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Emoji Sequences

U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9AF
👨‍🦯
Man with White Cane
U+1F468 U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF
👨🏻‍🦯
Man with White Cane: Light Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨🏻‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right: Light Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF
👨🏼‍🦯
Man with White Cane: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨🏼‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF
👨🏽‍🦯
Man with White Cane: Medium Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨🏽‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right: Medium Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF
👨🏾‍🦯
Man with White Cane: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨🏾‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF
👨🏿‍🦯
Man with White Cane: Dark Skin Tone
U+1F468 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👨🏿‍🦯‍➡️
Man with White Cane Facing Right: Dark Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+200D U+1F9AF
👩‍🦯
Woman with White Cane
U+1F469 U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👩‍🦯‍➡️
Woman with White Cane Facing Right
U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF
👩🏻‍🦯
Woman with White Cane: Light Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👩🏻‍🦯‍➡️
Woman with White Cane Facing Right: Light Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF
👩🏼‍🦯
Woman with White Cane: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👩🏼‍🦯‍➡️
Woman with White Cane Facing Right: Medium-Light Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF
👩🏽‍🦯
Woman with White Cane: Medium Skin Tone
U+1F469 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F9AF U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F
👩🏽‍🦯‍➡️
Woman with White Cane Facing Right: Medium Skin Tone
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Emoji Properties

Emoji Sequence Type
Basic Emoji
Emoji Version
Emoji 12.0

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
🦯
HTML Hex Encoding
🦯
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83E 0xDDAF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F9AF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83e\uddaf