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🦯 White cane
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🦯 Emoji meaning
Mobility aid for the visually impaired, symbolizes hasty action.
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🦯 Meaning
To be blind as a bat or to be blind to something. The white cane facilitates locomotion and mobility for visually impaired or blind people. Symbolic of a person who closes their eyes or acts blindfold.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
White cane vs wheelchair symbol; both represent disability or accessibility aids.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “White cane” was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ cane + probing + white
Keywords removed
- white cane
In the release of Emoji 12.1 and Unicode 12.1 in 2019 there were 2 changes.
Emoji title renamed
Emoji title before
probing cane
Emoji title after
white cane
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ white cane
Keywords removed
- probing cane
In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ accessibility + blind + probing cane
