Man bowing: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium skin tone bending forward at the waist with his hands placed flat on the floor in front of him. This posture reflects a traditional deep bow, indicating intense focus, respect, or a sincere request.
Usage Context
Used to express deep apologies, humility, or asking for a favor. It is frequently employed to show extreme gratitude or to signify someone performing a 'dogeza'—a formal act of kneeling and touching the head to the floor to beg for forgiveness or make a desperate plea. It is often paired with 🙏 when someone is asking for help or offering thanks.
History
Bowing is deeply rooted in Japanese culture as a formal greeting and sign of deference. This emoji was added to the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between Western text-based communication and the nuanced physical gestures used in Asian digital messaging platforms, where physical body language is often translated into character-based shorthand.
Details
Glyph
🙇🏽♂
Unicode
U+1F647 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f647_1f3fd_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-gesture
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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