Man kneeling Emoji
People
A figure of a man positioned on both knees with his upper body upright. The character is depicted in a neutral, stable stance that suggests a moment of rest, supplication, or readiness.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent physical exhaustion, the act of bowing, or proposing a question. It is often utilized alongside the person kneeling or woman kneeling variants to denote specific gender identification during conversations about exercise, meditation, or kneeling for respect.
History
The kneeling man was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0. Its inclusion was a response to the push for greater gender diversity across human-centric pictographs, allowing users to express these specific poses with more granular identification.
Details
Glyph
🧎♂
Unicode
U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9ce_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
��‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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