Person Bowing is a deep bow, rooted in East Asian etiquette. ๐ Person Bowing is an emoji from the People & Body category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F647 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ๐ Person Bowing mean?
Person Bowing is a deep bow, rooted in East Asian etiquette. It expresses apology, gratitude, respect or asking a favour.
๐ is the Person Bowing emoji, listed under People & Body โ Gestures in the Unicode emoji standard. It is commonly associated with apology, ask, beg, bow and bowing. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. It supports five skin tones: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :bow: to insert it.
Person Bowing skin tones & variations
Click to copy a variation:
Person Bowing emoji codes
| Emoji | ๐ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F647 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🙇 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🙇 |
| CSS | \1F647 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F647} |
| Python | \U0001F647 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%99%87 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 99 87 |
| Shortcode | :bow: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :person_bowing: |
How to type ๐ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for โperson bowingโ.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for โperson bowingโ.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search โbowโ.
- HTML: write
🙇in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Person Bowing keywords
- apology
- ask
- beg
- bow
- bowing
- favor
- forgive
- gesture
- meditate
- meditation
- person
- pity
- regret
- sorry
Frequently asked questions
What does ๐ mean?
Person Bowing is a deep bow, rooted in East Asian etiquette. It expresses apology, gratitude, respect or asking a favour.
How do I copy and paste the Person Bowing emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ๐ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press โ Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ๐ Person Bowing added to Unicode?
Person Bowing was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Does ๐ come in different skin tones?
Yes. Person Bowing supports five skin-tone modifiers based on the Fitzpatrick scale: ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐พ ๐๐ฟ. Pick one from the list above to copy it.
Related Gestures emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicodeยฎ Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.