Folded hands: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A pair of hands pressed firmly together with palms touching and fingers pointing upward, rendered in a medium skin tone. The gesture is universal, portraying a sense of sincerity, gratitude, or supplication.

Usage Context

This emoji is a multi-purpose tool for expressing thanks, asking for a favor, or acknowledging a positive situation. It is frequently used in spiritual contexts to signify prayer, but also appears in casual conversation as a 'high five' or a sign of respect. It often pairs well with ✨ for emphasis or 😊 to show genuine appreciation.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the folded hands were originally designed to bridge the gap between religious expression and common non-verbal gestures found in international communication. The addition of skin tone modifiers in 2015 allowed for more personal representation of this widespread social signal.

Details

Glyph

🙏🏽

Unicode

U+1F64F U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f64f_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE4F;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hands

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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