Person bowing Emoji
People
A person leaning forward with their upper body parallel to the ground and hands placed flat. This posture represents a formal gesture of respect, sincerity, or deep apology.
Usage Context
This gesture is widely used to show extreme gratitude, request a favor, or offer a sincere, heartfelt apology. It is frequently sent when someone is trying to express that they are truly sorry or when they want to convey deep humility, similar to how one might use 🙏 to signify prayer or thanks.
History
Known in Japan as dogeza, this physical action is a traditional form of prostration used to show total submission or to ask for forgiveness for a significant mistake. It was integrated into the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between Western digital messaging and culturally specific Japanese non-verbal communication styles.
Details
Glyph
🙇
Unicode
U+1F647
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647:
HTML Entity
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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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