Person bowing: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A person leaning forward at the waist with their head bowed low, shown in a medium skin tone. The figure is positioned to suggest deep humility, intense focus, or a formal request for forgiveness.

Usage Context

This gesture is widely recognized as a sign of respect, deep regret, or a humble plea. In digital messaging, it is frequently used to signal a sincere apology, demonstrate extreme gratitude, or beg for a favor. It carries more weight than a standard 🙏 and is often used when someone knows they have messed up.

History

Rooted in the Japanese custom of 'dogeza,' this gesture has been part of communication culture for centuries as a way to show profound submission or repentance. It was added to the Unicode standard to ensure that traditional non-verbal cues from East Asian business and social etiquette could be clearly expressed in text-based mobile communication.

Details

Glyph

🙇🏽

Unicode

U+1F647 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f647_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE47;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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

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