Man bowing Emoji
People
A man bending forward at the waist with his hands placed flat on the floor in front of him. This posture mimics the traditional Japanese custom of dogeza, a deep bow used to show extreme respect, deep remorse, or to make a desperate request.
Usage Context
Used in digital conversation to express sincere apologies, ask for a massive favor, or show profound humility. It is frequently sent when a user wants to convey deep regret, similar to the vibe of 🙏 but with a much heavier emphasis on subservience or begging for forgiveness.
History
The bowing man was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. It reflects the influence of early Japanese mobile carrier emoji sets, where specific body language gestures were essential for conveying tone and social hierarchy in text messages where facial expressions were absent.
Details
Glyph
🙇♂
Unicode
U+1F647 U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
��‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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