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 Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Tags
facingkneelkneelingkneesmanrightposturerespectprayersubmissionposemovement

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