emoji 🙇 person bowing svg

🙇” meaning: person bowing, bowing man Emoji

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    Android 🙇Minimum display requirements

  • 8.0+

    Windows 🙇Minimum display requirements

🙇Meaning and Description

The "🙇" (Person Bowing) emoji, is a symbol that has added a sense of humility, respect, and submission to countless digital conversations. This emoji is often depicted facing forward and is shown with their upper body bending forward at the waist, hands placed on the sides or together in front of them. The attire of the figure can vary across platforms, but the universal gesture of bowing remains consistent, making it a widely recognized symbol of apology and respect.

Here's the lowdown on bowing 🙇 - it's this super old-school act that's showing respect or saying "thanks". It's a big deal in places like Japan, China, and Korea, where you can do it standing up or on your knees. The deeper you bow, the more respect you're showing, and it all depends on who you're bowing to and why. But it's not just about people - in some religions, bowing is a way to show your devotion. Back in the day, it was also a way to show the emperor👑 or some big-shot feudal lord that you were their loyal subject.

At its most literal, the "🙇" emoji represents a person bowing deeply, conveying respect, gratitude, or a sense of apology. It's frequently used in discussions about cultural customs or practices, reflecting the real-life gesture of bowing. The emoji can be also interpreted as a sign of feeling sorry or ashamed. However, this emoji may have other meanings on social media. These can include connotations of being submissive or obedient, feeling stressed or overwhelmed😖, or being under the influence of drugs or alcohol🍺.

Besides its default neutral skin tone, you can change it up with diverse skin-tone choices. And yes, there are female "🙇‍♀" and male "🙇‍♂" versions too!
💡Extended reading and popular science

The meaning of emoji symbol 🙇 is person bowing, it is related to apology, bow, gesture, sorry, it can be found in emoji category: "👌 People & Body" - "🙋 Gesture".

🙇 is an Emoji modifier base, it can be used as a single Emoji, and can also be combined with the skin tone Emoji modifier to form a new Emoji. There are 5 types of Emoji modifiers, namely: 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿. 🙇 is combined with these skin tone Emoji modifiers to form new Emoji modifier sequences. The following are examples of the combination:

🙇Examples and Usage

🔸 I am really sorry, we are wrong🙇🙇.
🔸 The symphony conductor took a ceremonious bow🙇.

🙇Basic Information

Emoji: 🙇
Shortname: person bowing
Apple Name: person bowing
Known as: Bowing Man | Cute Boy | Dogeza | Massage
Codepoint: U+1F647 Copy
Shortcode: :bow: Copy
Decimal: ALT+128583
Unicode Version: 6.0 (2010-10-11)
Emoji Version: 1.0 (2015-06-09)
Categories: 👌 People & Body
Sub Categories: 🙋 Gesture
Keywords: apology | bow | gesture | person bowing | sorry
Proposal: L2/07‑257, L2/09‑026

👨‍💻Unicode Information (Advanced Usage)

🙇Trend Chart

🙇Popularity rating over time

🙇 Trend Chart (U+1F647) - emojiall.com 100 75 50 25 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 🙇 www.emojiall.comemojiall.com
Date Range: 2019-02-24 - 2024-02-11
Update Time: 2024-02-21 17:20:52 UTC
🙇and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has continued to rise.In 2017 and 2021, the trend of its popularity converge.In 2021, the trend of its popularity rate began to rise.

🙇More Languages

Language Short Name & Link
Arabic🙇 شخص ينحني اعتذارًا
Bulgarian🙇 Покланящ се човек
Chinese, Simplified🙇 鞠躬
Chinese, Traditional🙇 鞠躬
Croatian🙇 osoba koja se klanja
Czech🙇 uklánějící se osoba
Danish🙇 bukker
Dutch🙇 buigende persoon
Filipino🙇 yumuyukong tao
Finnish🙇 kumartava henkilö