Man bowing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A man with light skin bent forward at the waist with his hands placed flat on the ground. This gesture depicts a traditional deep bow, indicating a position of total submission, deep respect, or intense regret.

Usage Context

Widely used to signal a sincere apology, beg for a favor, or express extreme gratitude. It is often sent when someone is 'bowing out' of a commitment or showing humility after a mistake. It is frequently grouped with 🙇 for general use or 🙏 when someone is pleading for assistance.

History

Based on the Japanese custom of 'dogeza,' the act of kneeling and touching one's head to the floor is a historical method of showing the highest level of deference or remorse. The modifier for light skin tone was added in 2016 as part of Unicode's initiative to offer more inclusive representation for human-based emojis.

Details

Glyph

🙇🏻‍♂

Unicode

U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f647_1f3fb_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE47;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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