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Palms up together: dark skin tone

Palms up together: dark skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands joined together with palms facing upward, featuring a deep dark skin tone. The fingers are slightly curved, mimicking the physical gesture of holding something fragile or opening hands to receive.

Usage Context

This gesture is most often associated with the Islamic prayer known as Dua, where a person asks for guidance or blessings. It is also used to express begging, pleading, or the desire to receive something, and is frequently paired with the 🙏 or ✨ emojis to emphasize hope or spiritual requests.

History

Added to Unicode 10.0 in 2017, this emoji was part of an effort to expand religious and cultural inclusivity. It addresses the need for specific gestures common in prayer traditions that differ from the traditional folded-hand style seen in Western cultures.

Details

Glyph
🤲🏿
Unicode
U+1F932 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f932_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
cuppedduahandspalmsprayprayertogetherupwishofferingbeggingsupplicationblessingreceiving

Google Noto License

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