Man bowing: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium skin tone bending forward at the waist with his hands placed flat on the floor in front of him. This posture reflects a traditional deep bow, indicating intense focus, respect, or a sincere request.
Usage Context
Used to express deep apologies, humility, or asking for a favor. It is frequently employed to show extreme gratitude or to signify someone performing a 'dogeza'—a formal act of kneeling and touching the head to the floor to beg for forgiveness or make a desperate plea. It is often paired with 🙏 when someone is asking for help or offering thanks.
History
Bowing is deeply rooted in Japanese culture as a formal greeting and sign of deference. This emoji was added to the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between Western text-based communication and the nuanced physical gestures used in Asian digital messaging platforms, where physical body language is often translated into character-based shorthand.
Details
Glyph
🙇🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F647 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_1f3fd_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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