Man kneeling: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium-light skin kneeling on the ground with his body facing forward. His legs are bent at the knees, placing his entire weight on the floor.
Usage Context
Used to represent someone who is praying, proposing, or resting. It is frequently employed to show respect, submission, or simply the act of being down on one's knees for a task. It is often used in combination with 🙏 when describing a prayer or a heartfelt request.
History
The kneeling person emoji was introduced as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019. It was added to increase gender and posture diversity in digital communication, following a push for more inclusive representation of human actions across various skin tones.
Details
Glyph
🧎🏼♂
Unicode
U+1F9CE U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9ce_1f3fc_200d_2642:
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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