Person bowing Emoji

People

A person leaning forward with their upper body parallel to the ground and hands placed flat. This posture represents a formal gesture of respect, sincerity, or deep apology.

Usage Context

This gesture is widely used to show extreme gratitude, request a favor, or offer a sincere, heartfelt apology. It is frequently sent when someone is trying to express that they are truly sorry or when they want to convey deep humility, similar to how one might use 🙏 to signify prayer or thanks.

History

Known in Japan as dogeza, this physical action is a traditional form of prostration used to show total submission or to ask for forgiveness for a significant mistake. It was integrated into the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between Western digital messaging and culturally specific Japanese non-verbal communication styles.

Details

Glyph

🙇

Unicode

U+1F647

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f647:

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

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