Man bowing: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with dark skin leaning forward with his head toward the ground in a deep bow. This gesture portrays a person hunched over with their hands placed flat on the floor in front of them.
Usage Context
This represents a formal apology, a humble request, or a show of deep respect. It is frequently used in digital chats to signal sincere remorse or to ask for a favor in a polite way. It is often paired with 🙏 to emphasize the earnest nature of the request.
History
Based on the Japanese custom of 'dogeza,' this gesture has roots in traditional social etiquette where individuals bow to show extreme deference or to apologize for a major transgression. The dark skin tone variant was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015 as part of the initiative to expand racial diversity across the emoji library.
Details
Glyph
🙇🏿♂
Unicode
U+1F647 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_1f3ff_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
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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