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 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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