Palms up together: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

Two hands held side-by-side with palms facing upward, featuring a medium-light skin tone. The gesture mimics the physical shape of an open vessel or a person waiting to receive something.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to express prayer, religious devotion, or a request for a blessing. It is also used in secular contexts to represent asking for something, showing humility, or signaling a plea for help. It is often paired with 🙏 when discussing faith or spiritual practices.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2017 as part of Emoji 5.0, this icon was designed to provide a more specific representation of various cultural and religious hand-raising traditions, such as the Islamic Dua, which were not fully captured by the standard folded-hands emoji.

Details

Glyph

🤲🏼

Unicode

U+1F932 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f932_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD32;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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