Woman bowing: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned woman leaning forward with her torso bent at the waist, palms pressed flat against the floor. This posture captures a deep, formal bow known as 'dogeza' in Japanese culture, signaling intense sincerity or a request for mercy.
Usage Context
Used to express deep-seated apologies, humble gratitude, or a desperate plea for a favor. It is more intense than a standard nod or wave, often serving as a digital way to show one is 'prostrating' before the recipient. It is frequently paired with 🙏 to emphasize the earnest nature of the message.
History
Bowing is a foundational aspect of etiquette in East Asian cultures. The emoji was added to the Unicode standard to bring these specific cultural gestures into global messaging apps, ensuring that users could convey non-verbal social cues like formal respect or contrition in text-only environments.
Details
Glyph
🙇🏿♀
Unicode
U+1F647 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_1f3ff_200d_2640:
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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