Palms up together: medium skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands cupped together with palms facing upward, rendered in a medium skin tone. This gesture mimics the physical act of holding something fragile or opening one's hands to receive a gift or a blessing.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to express prayer, requesting help, or showing gratitude. It is often utilized in religious or spiritual communication, particularly during the Islamic practice of Dua, but it also appears in secular settings to signify asking for something or pleading for a specific outcome. Users might pair it with š to emphasize a sense of reverence or humbleness.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was developed to provide a more specific gesture for prayer and supplication than the existing folded-hands emoji. It reflects a desire for more diverse cultural and religious representations within global digital messaging.
Details
Glyph
š¤²š½
Unicode
U+1F932 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f932_1f3fd:
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
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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