Man kneeling facing right Emoji
People
A figure of a man positioned on both knees, directed toward the right. The image captures a posture of lowering oneself to the ground, often interpreted as a sign of respect, exhaustion, or readiness.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent prayer, athletic recovery, or social movements that involve taking a knee. It is often used alongside 🙏 to convey humility or when discussing physical training routines that involve floor-based movements.
History
This character is part of a series of gender-inclusive kneeling figures added to the Unicode standard in 2019. It reflects the ongoing push for more diverse human representations in digital communication, moving away from generic icons to specific, expressive physical actions.
Details
Glyph
🧎♂➡
Unicode
U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+200D U+27A1
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9ce_200d_2642_200d_27a1:
HTML Entity
��‍♂‍➡
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
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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