Woman bowing: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A woman with medium-dark skin depicted in a deep, forward-leaning bow. Her hands are placed flat on the ground in front of her, signaling a gesture of submission, reverence, or profound contrition.
Usage Context
This gesture, known as dogeza in Japan, is used to express deep regret, sincere apology, or to make a request that requires significant humility. While it can convey a formal apology, it is also frequently used in internet culture to beg for a favor or to show exaggerated respect, often paired with the 🙏 emoji to emphasize the pleading nature of the request.
History
Bowing as a social gesture has been standard in Japanese interpersonal communication for centuries. This specific digital representation was added to the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between Western text-based communication and the cultural nuances of non-verbal cues prevalent in Asian messaging apps. The skin tone variations were introduced in 2015 to allow for more representative and diverse expression across global platforms.
Details
Glyph
🙇🏾♀
Unicode
U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_1f3fe_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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