Palms up together: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands cupped together with palms facing upward, rendered in a medium-dark skin tone. The hands are positioned as if holding a small object or preparing to receive something.
Usage Context
This gesture is most often used to represent prayer, specifically the Islamic practice of Dua, or to signify a request for guidance or hope. It is frequently employed to express gratitude, ask for a favor, or convey a sense of humility. People often use it alongside 🙏 to emphasize the act of seeking or offering supplication.
History
Introduced in Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this emoji was added to provide more nuanced ways to represent diverse religious and cultural gestures. It was specifically requested to better capture the posture used during personal prayer and reflection in many global traditions.
Details
Glyph
🤲🏾
Unicode
U+1F932 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f932_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hands
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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