Man bowing Emoji

People

A man bending forward at the waist with his hands placed flat on the floor in front of him. This posture mimics the traditional Japanese custom of dogeza, a deep bow used to show extreme respect, deep remorse, or to make a desperate request.

Usage Context

Used in digital conversation to express sincere apologies, ask for a massive favor, or show profound humility. It is frequently sent when a user wants to convey deep regret, similar to the vibe of 🙏 but with a much heavier emphasis on subservience or begging for forgiveness.

History

The bowing man was added to the Unicode standard in 2010. It reflects the influence of early Japanese mobile carrier emoji sets, where specific body language gestures were essential for conveying tone and social hierarchy in text messages where facial expressions were absent.

Details

Glyph

🙇‍♂

Unicode

U+1F647 U+200D U+2642

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f647_200d_2642:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE47;‍♂

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-gesture

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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