Person kneeling Emoji

People

A figure shown from the side in a kneeling position with their weight resting on their heels and their torso upright. The character is gender-neutral, reflecting a static, posture-focused pose.

Usage Context

Used to denote humility, prayer, or exhaustion after physical exertion. It is also frequently utilized in digital conversations to represent the act of 'proposing' or showing deep respect, often appearing alongside 🙏 to emphasize a sense of reverence or pleading.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of Emoji 12.0, this figure was introduced to expand the range of human postures available for expressive messaging, filling a gap for non-sitting, non-standing bodily positions.

Details

Glyph

🧎

Unicode

U+1F9CE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9ce:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDCE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

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

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