Folded hands: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands pressed firmly together with palms touching and fingers pointing upward, rendered in a medium-light skin tone. The gesture is centered, clear, and universally recognizable as a sign of respect or request.
Usage Context
This emoji is a Swiss Army knife of social communication. It is frequently used to express sincere gratitude, ask for a favor, or convey a sense of being 'blessed.' While its roots are rooted in religious tradition, people now use it just as often to signal a 'high five' or to desperately plead for something, often paired with the 😭 emoji to show mock desperation or real thankfulness.
History
Initially brought into the Unicode standard to represent prayer or a Namaste gesture, the icon saw an explosion in popularity alongside the rise of social media. Its ambiguous nature—being interpreted by some as a prayer and others as a high five—has made it one of the most debated and widely used hand gestures in digital history.
Details
Glyph
🙏🏼
Unicode
U+1F64F U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f64f_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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