# 🙇‍♂️ Man bowing emoji

🙇‍♂️ Man bowing is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: apology, ask, beg, bow, favor and forgive.

- Emoji: 🙇‍♂️
- Unicode name: man bowing
- Code points: U+1F647 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :bowing_man:
- Keywords: apology, ask, beg, bow, bowing, favor, forgive, gesture, man, meditate, meditation, pity, regret, sorry
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 🙇🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

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

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo una reverencia | disculpa, gesto, hombre haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia |
| Français (fr) | homme qui s’incline | désolé, geste, homme, homme qui s’incline, incliné |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugender Mann | Demut, Mann, sich verbeugender Mann, verbeugen |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa inchino profondo | gesto, inchino, scuse, uomo, uomo che fa inchino profondo |
| Português (pt) | homem fazendo reverência | desculpas, gesto, homem, homem fazendo reverência, homem pedindo desculpas, respeito, reverência |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende man | buigen, buigende man, excuses, gebaar, gunst, man, sorry |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande man | beklagelse, buga, bugande man, man, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna w ukłonie | gest, mężczyzna, mężczyzna w ukłonie, przepraszam, ukłon |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğen erkek | adam, baş eğme, başını öne eğen erkek, erkek, hareket, lütuf, özür |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина кланяется | извинение, мужчина, мужчина кланяется, поклон, просьба, прощение |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що вклоняється | вибачення, повага, покора, чоловік, чоловік, що вклоняється, що вклоняється |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας υποκλίνεται | άντρας, άντρας υποκλίνεται, συγγνώμη, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | رجل ينحني اعتذارًا | امتنان, انحناء, رجل ينحني, رجل ينحني اعتذارًا, ركوع |
| עברית (he) | גבר משתחווה | איש, גבר, התנצלות, טובה, מצטער, משתחווה, סליחה |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد تعظیم می‌کند | خواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف, مرد تعظیم می‌کند |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर झुकाता पुरुष | आदमी, इशारा, एहसान, झुकने, पुरुष, माफ़ कीजिये, माफी, सर झुकाता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা, দুঃখিত, পুরুষ, মাপ চাওয়া |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria membungkuk | isyarat, laki-laki, maaf, pria membungkuk |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông cúi đầu | cử chỉ, cúi đầu, người đàn ông, người đàn ông cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ | กราบ, ขอโทษ, ท่าทาง, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 남자 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 남자, 용서, 절, 절하는 남자, 정중함, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生鞠躬 | 不好意思, 对不起, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生鞠躬 | 不好意思, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man buig
- Akan (ak): barima rebɔ ne mu ase
- Albanian (sq): burrë që përkulet për falje
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ማጎንበስ
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা পুৰুষ
- Azerbaijani (az): baş əyən kişi
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе ир-ат
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den gizona
- Belarusian (be): мужчына нізка кланяецца
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac se naklanja
- Breton (br): paotr o stouiñ
- Bulgarian (bg): покланящ се мъж
- Burmese (my): ရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home capcot
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 鞠躬嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын пуҫ таять
- Croatian (hr): muškarac u dubokom naklonu
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se muž
- Danish (da): mand bukker dybt
- Estonian (et): sügavalt kummarduv mees
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a fazer a vénia
- Faroese (fo): maður sum bukkar
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakayuko
- Finnish (fi): syvään kumartava mies
- Galician (gl): home facendo unha reverencia
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતો પુરુષ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai sunkuya
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló férfi
- Icelandic (is): maður hneigir sig
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-ehulata ala
- Irish (ga): fear ag umhlú
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mbungkuk ngurmati
- Kalaallisut (kl): mand bukker dybt
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ
- Kazakh (kk): басын иіп тұрған ер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ەر
- Khmer (km): បុរសឱនលំទោន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo wunamye
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बागवता
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан эркек
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍກົ້ມຄຳນັບ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis paklanās
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o fa scoaccin
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkiantis vyras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjecy muski
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipende Mann
- Macedonian (mk): маж се поклонува
- Malay (ms): lelaki menunduk
- Malayalam (ml): തലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ
- Maltese (mt): raġel jikina
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेला पुरुष
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй эрэгтэй
- Māori (mi): tāne tuohu
- Nepali (ne): आदरभावले निहुरिरहेको छोरामान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baú Daun
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o a inama
- Norwegian (no): bukkende mann
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkande mann
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira sagadu
- Pashto (ps): سړی سر ټیټوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکدا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa tata
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care se înclină
- Romansh (rm): um che s’enclina
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cromadh
- Serbian (sr): мушки дубоки наклон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muški duboki naklon
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယွမ်းၼွမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جهڪندي
- Sinhala (si): ගැඹුරින් හිස නවන මිනිසා
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa muž
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki se globoko priklanja
- Somali (so): nin fooraraya
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume aliyeinama
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки хам шуда истодааст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் ஆண்
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብአይ አጎንቢሱ
- Tongan (to): tangata punou
- Tswana (tn): monna a obega
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž so pokłoni
- Urdu (ur): بہت زیادہ جھکا ہوا مرد
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن ئەر
- Uzbek (uz): erkak ta’zim qilmoqda
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn ymgrymu’n isel
- Wolof (wo): góor sujjóotal
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egobayo
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tẹríba
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tɛríba
- Zulu (zu): indoda ethobe kakhulu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji