Folded hands: dark skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands pressed firmly together with palms touching and fingers pointing upward, rendered with a dark skin tone. The gesture is meant to reflect gratitude, prayer, or a sincere request.
Usage Context
This gesture carries diverse meanings across cultures, serving as a sign of respect in Japanese business etiquette, a prayerful posture in many religious traditions, or a casual high-five between friends. It is frequently sent as a way to express thanks or to beg for a favor, often appearing alongside emojis like ✨ or 🙏.
History
The base hand gesture was standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010. The capability to modify this gesture with various skin tones was added in 2015 as part of the effort to make digital communication more representative of the global population.
Details
Glyph
🙏🏿
Unicode
U+1F64F U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f64f_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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