Folded hands: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
Two hands pressed firmly together with palms touching and fingers pointing upward, rendered in a medium-light skin tone. The gesture is centered, clear, and universally recognizable as a sign of respect or request.
Usage Context
This emoji is a Swiss Army knife of social communication. It is frequently used to express sincere gratitude, ask for a favor, or convey a sense of being 'blessed.' While its roots are rooted in religious tradition, people now use it just as often to signal a 'high five' or to desperately plead for something, often paired with the 😭 emoji to show mock desperation or real thankfulness.
History
Initially brought into the Unicode standard to represent prayer or a Namaste gesture, the icon saw an explosion in popularity alongside the rise of social media. Its ambiguous nature—being interpreted by some as a prayer and others as a high five—has made it one of the most debated and widely used hand gestures in digital history.
Details
Glyph
🙏🏼
Unicode
U+1F64F U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f64f_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory hands
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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