Man kneeling: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A man with medium-dark skin depicted in a kneeling position, with his torso upright and legs folded beneath him. The figure is shown from the side, clearly displaying the posture of someone resting on their knees or preparing to stand up.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to represent prayer, submission, or simply waiting for someone. It is also popularly used in internet slang to refer to 'simping' or showing intense devotion to someone else. It functions as a more specific alternative to the generic person kneeling or the folded hands gesture.
History
The kneeling man was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of an effort to provide more inclusive gender and skin tone variations for active poses. The development of these variations allows for better representation in messaging apps that prioritize human-focused communication.
Details
Glyph
🧎🏾♂
Unicode
U+1F9CE U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9ce_1f3fe_200d_2642:
HTML Entity
����‍♂
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
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
Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.
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