Woman bowing Emoji

People

A woman leaning forward at the waist with her hands placed flat on the floor in front of her. This pose is a traditional sign of respect, deep apology, or a humble request.

Usage Context

Used to express sincere regret, ask for a favor, or show extreme politeness in digital conversations. It is often sent when admitting a mistake, similar to how one might use the 🙇 or 🙏 emojis to convey humility or gratitude.

History

Bowing is a foundational aspect of etiquette in many East Asian cultures. This specific gesture, known as dogeza in Japan, was standardized for global digital communication in 2010 with the release of Unicode 6.0 to bridge the gap between text-based communication and culturally specific non-verbal cues.

Details

Glyph

🙇‍♀

Unicode

U+1F647 U+200D U+2640

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f647_200d_2640:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE47;‍♀

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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