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White Cane emoji 🦯

🦯 is the White Cane emoji, in Objects. It arrived in Emoji 12.0 (2019). People look for it with words like probing, accessibility.

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:probing_cane:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

Every code for 🦯

NameWhite Cane
Shortcodes:probing_cane:
CategoryObjects
Emoji versionEmoji 12.0 (2019)
Keywordsprobing, accessibility
Code pointsU+1F9AF
HTML🦯
CSS\1F9AF
JavaScript\u{1F9AF}
Python\U0001f9af
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F A6 AF
URL encoded%F0%9F%A6%AF

How to type 🦯

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :probing_cane: in any text box and it turns into 🦯.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "white cane" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "white cane" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "white cane".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "white cane".
HTMLWrite 🦯 in the page source.

Questions

About 🦯

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does 🦯 mean?
🦯 is the White Cane emoji, in Objects. It arrived in Emoji 12.0 (2019). People look for it with words like probing, accessibility.
What is the shortcode for 🦯?
:probing_cane:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type 🦯 on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "white cane". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for 🦯?
U+1F9AF, added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). In HTML write 🦯, in CSS "\1F9AF", and in JavaScript "\u{1F9AF}".

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