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🙇‍♂️U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

Man bowing emoji

A man folding forward at the waist in a deep bow. It shows up when people apologize, thank someone, show respect or ask a favor, and for dramatic, humble gestures such as begging forgiveness or bowing to someone they admire.

Unicode name
man bowing
Category
People & body, Gestures
Added
Emoji 4.0 in 2016
Code points
U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Shortcode
:bowing_man:
Keywords
apology, ask, beg, bow, bowing, favor, forgive, gesture, man, meditate, meditation, pity, regret, sorry

How it looks

🙇‍♂️
Your device
Man bowing emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Man bowing emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Man bowing emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

What it's made of

🙇‍♂️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

  1. 🙇Person bowingU+1F647
  2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emojiU+200D
  3. ♂️Male signU+2642 U+FE0F
  4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji styleU+FE0F

How to type 🙇‍♂️

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man bowing”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man bowing”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man bowing”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “man bowing”.
GitHub
Type :bowing_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolhombre haciendo una reverenciadisculpa, gesto, hombre haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia
Françaishomme qui s’inclinedésolé, geste, homme, homme qui s’incline, incliné
Deutschsich verbeugender MannDemut, Mann, sich verbeugender Mann, verbeugen
Italianouomo che fa inchino profondogesto, inchino, scuse, uomo, uomo che fa inchino profondo
Portuguêshomem fazendo reverênciadesculpas, gesto, homem, homem fazendo reverência, homem pedindo desculpas, respeito, reverência
Nederlandsbuigende manbuigen, buigende man, excuses, gebaar, gunst, man, sorry
Svenskabugande manbeklagelse, buga, bugande man, man, ursäkt
Polskimężczyzna w ukłoniegest, mężczyzna, mężczyzna w ukłonie, przepraszam, ukłon
Türkçebaşını öne eğen erkekadam, baş eğme, başını öne eğen erkek, erkek, hareket, lütuf, özür
Русскиймужчина кланяетсяизвинение, мужчина, мужчина кланяется, поклон, просьба, прощение
Українськачоловік, що вклоняєтьсявибачення, повага, покора, чоловік, чоловік, що вклоняється, що вклоняється
Ελληνικάάντρας υποκλίνεταιάντρας, άντρας υποκλίνεται, συγγνώμη, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία
العربيةرجل ينحني اعتذارًاامتنان, انحناء, رجل ينحني, رجل ينحني اعتذارًا, ركوع
עבריתגבר משתחווהאיש, גבר, התנצלות, טובה, מצטער, משתחווה, סליחה
فارسیمرد تعظیم می‌کندخواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف, مرد تعظیم می‌کند
हिन्दीसर झुकाता पुरुषआदमी, इशारा, एहसान, झुकने, पुरुष, माफ़ कीजिये, माफी, सर झुकाता पुरुष
বাংলাছেলেদর মাথা নত করাঅঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা, দুঃখিত, পুরুষ, মাপ চাওয়া
Bahasa Indonesiapria membungkukisyarat, laki-laki, maaf, pria membungkuk
Tiếng Việtngười đàn ông cúi đầucử chỉ, cúi đầu, người đàn ông, người đàn ông cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi
ไทยผู้ชายหมอบคำนับกราบ, ขอโทษ, ท่าทาง, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ
日本語おじぎする男おじぎ, おじぎする男, ごめんなさい, 土下座, 男, 男性
한국어절하는 남자넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 남자, 용서, 절, 절하는 남자, 정중함, 큰절, 후회
中文（简体）男生鞠躬不好意思, 对不起, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉
中文（繁體）男生鞠躬不好意思, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉
Names in 99 more languages
Afrikaansman buig
Akanbarima rebɔ ne mu ase
Albanianburrë që përkulet për falje
Amharicወንድ ማጎንበስ
Armenianխոնարհվող տղամարդ
Assameseশিৰ নত কৰা পুৰুষ
Azerbaijanibaş əyən kişi
Bashkirбаш эйеүсе ир-ат
Basqueburua makurtzen ari den gizona
Belarusianмужчына нізка кланяецца
Bosnianmuškarac se naklanja
Bretonpaotr o stouiñ
Bulgarianпокланящ се мъж
Burmeseရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသား
Cantonese鞠躬嘅男人
Catalanhome capcot
CherokeeᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)鞠躬嘅男人
Chuvashарҫын пуҫ таять
Croatianmuškarac u dubokom naklonu
Czechuklánějící se muž
Danishmand bukker dybt
Estoniansügavalt kummarduv mees
European Portuguesehomem a fazer a vénia
Faroesemaður sum bukkar
Filipinolalaking nakayuko
Finnishsyvään kumartava mies
Galicianhome facendo unha reverencia
Georgianთავდახრილი კაცი
Gujaratiવંદન કરતો પુરુષ
Hausanamiji mai sunkuya
Hindi (Latin)bow karta aadmi
Hungarianmeghajló férfi
Icelandicmaður hneigir sig
Igbonwoke na-ehulata ala
Irishfear ag umhlú
Javanesewong lanang mbungkuk ngurmati
Kalaallisutmand bukker dybt
Kannadaಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ
Kazakhбасын иіп тұрған ер
Kazakh (Arabic)باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ەر
Khmerបុរសឱនលំទោន
Kinyarwandaumugabo wunamye
Konkaniदादलो बागवता
Kyrgyzжүгүнүп жаткан эркек
Kʼicheʼachi ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil
Laoຜູ້ຊາຍກົ້ມຄຳນັບ
Latvianvīrietis paklanās
Ligurianòmmo ch’o fa scoaccin
Lithuaniannusilenkiantis vyras
Lower Sorbianse pókłonjecy muski
Luxembourgishsech vernäipende Mann
Macedonianмаж се поклонува
Malaylelaki menunduk
Malayalamതലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ
Malteseraġel jikina
Marathiमान खाली घातलेला पुरुष
Mongolianбөхийж буй эрэгтэй
Māoritāne tuohu
Nepaliआदरभावले निहुरिरहेको छोरामान्छे
Nigerian PidginMan Wé De Baú Daun
Northern Sothomonna o a inama
Norwegianbukkende mann
Norwegian Nynorskbukkande mann
Odiaମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
Oromodhiira sagadu
Pashtoسړی سر ټیټوي
Punjabiਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)جُھکدا بندہ
Quechuaupaykusqa tata
Romanianbărbat care se înclină
Romanshum che s’enclina
Scottish Gaelicduine a’ cromadh
Serbianмушки дубоки наклон
Serbian (Latin)muški duboki naklon
Shanၽူႈၸၢႆးယွမ်းၼွမ်း
Sindhiمرد جهڪندي
Sinhalaගැඹුරින් හිස නවන මිනිසා
Slovakklaňajúci sa muž
Slovenianmoški, ki se globoko priklanja
Somalinin fooraraya
Swahilimwanamume aliyeinama
Tajikмарде, ки хам шуда истодааст
Tamilமன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் ஆண்
Teluguక్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న పురుషుడు
Tigrinyaሰብአይ አጎንቢሱ
Tongantangata punou
Tswanamonna a obega
Turkmentagzym edýän erkek
Upper Sorbianmuž, kiž so pokłoni
Urduبہت زیادہ جھکا ہوا مرد
Uyghurئېگىلگەن ئەر
Uzbekerkak ta’zim qilmoqda
Welshdyn yn ymgrymu’n isel
Wolofgóor sujjóotal
Xhosaindoda egobayo
Yorubaọkùnrin tí ń tẹríba
Yoruba (Benin)ɔkùnrin tí ń tɛríba
Zuluindoda ethobe kakhulu

Codes

Code points
U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
HTML
🙇‍♂️
CSS
\1F647\200D\2642\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F647}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}
Python
\U0001F647\u200D\u2642\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 99 87 E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F
UTF-16
D83D DE47 200D 2642 FE0F
URL encoded
%F0%9F%99%87%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the 🙇‍♂️ man bowing emoji mean?

A man folding forward at the waist in a deep bow. It shows up when people apologize, thank someone, show respect or ask a favor, and for dramatic, humble gestures such as begging forgiveness or bowing to someone they admire.

How do I type the 🙇‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man bowing”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bowing_man:.

When was the 🙇‍♂️ emoji added?

🙇‍♂️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

What is the Unicode code point for 🙇‍♂️?

U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙇‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F647}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}.

Does 🙇‍♂️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🙇🏻‍♂️ light, 🙇🏼‍♂️ medium-light, 🙇🏽‍♂️ medium, 🙇🏾‍♂️ medium-dark and 🙇🏿‍♂️ dark.

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