Man kneeling: light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with light skin shown in a kneeling position, resting on his knees with his upper body upright. The figure appears ready to perform a task, wait, or offer a sign of respect.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to express submission, prayer, or simple physical rest. It acts as a gender-specific alternative to the base 🧎 emoji, often used to indicate a person is waiting for something or performing an action that requires a lower physical stance, like gardening or cleaning.
History
The kneeling person was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 to increase the representation of human actions. The modifier for light skin tone was implemented as part of the broader effort to allow users to customize human-figure emojis to better reflect diverse physical appearances across digital platforms.
Details
Glyph
🧎🏻♂
Unicode
U+1F9CE U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9ce_1f3fb_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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