# 🙇🏾‍♂️ Man bowing emoji: medium-dark skin tone

🙇🏾‍♂️ is the man bowing emoji (🙇‍♂️) with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🙇‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🙇🏾‍♂️
- Unicode name: man bowing: medium-dark skin tone
- Code points: U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🙇‍♂️ Man bowing](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-dark-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🙇‍♂️ [Man bowing](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji.md)
- 🙇🏻‍♂️ [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
- 🙇🏿‍♂️ [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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. 🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FE)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. 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”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man bowing”, then pick medium-dark skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo una reverencia: tono de piel oscuro medio | disculpa, gesto, hombre haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia, tono de piel oscuro medio |
| Français (fr) | homme qui s’incline : peau mate | désolé, geste, homme, homme qui s’incline, incliné, peau mate |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugender Mann: mitteldunkle Hautfarbe | Demut, Mann, mitteldunkle Hautfarbe, sich verbeugender Mann, verbeugen |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa inchino profondo: carnagione abbastanza scura | carnagione abbastanza scura, gesto, inchino, scuse, uomo, uomo che fa inchino profondo |
| Português (pt) | homem fazendo reverência: pele morena escura | desculpas, gesto, homem, homem fazendo reverência, homem pedindo desculpas, pele morena escura, respeito, reverência |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende man: donkergetinte huidskleur | buigen, buigende man, donkergetinte huidskleur, excuses, gebaar, gunst, man, sorry |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande man: mellanmörk hy | beklagelse, buga, bugande man, man, mellanmörk hy, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna w ukłonie: karnacja średnio ciemna | gest, karnacja średnio ciemna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna w ukłonie, przepraszam, ukłon |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğen erkek: orta koyu cilt tonu | adam, baş eğme, başını öne eğen erkek, erkek, hareket, lütuf, orta koyu cilt tonu, özür |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина кланяется: темный тон кожи | извинение, мужчина, мужчина кланяется, поклон, просьба, прощение, темный тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що вклоняється: помірно темний тон шкіри | вибачення, повага, покора, помірно темний тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік, що вклоняється, що вклоняється |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας υποκλίνεται: μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας υποκλίνεται, μεσαίος-σκούρος τόνος δέρματος, συγγνώμη, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | رجل ينحني اعتذارًا: بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق | امتنان, انحناء, بشرة بلون معتدل مائل للغامق, رجل ينحني, رجل ينحني اعتذارًا, ركوع |
| עברית (he) | גבר משתחווה: גוון עור כהה בינוני | איש, גבר, גוון עור כהה בינוני, התנצלות, טובה, מצטער, משתחווה, סליחה |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد تعظیم می‌کند: پوست گندمی | پوست گندمی, خواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف, مرد تعظیم می‌کند |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर झुकाता पुरुष: हल्की साँवली त्वचा | आदमी, इशारा, एहसान, झुकने, पुरुष, माफ़ कीजिये, माफी, सर झुकाता पुरुष, हल्की साँवली त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা: মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা, দুঃখিত, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-কালো ত্বকের রঙ, মাপ চাওয়া |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria membungkuk: warna kulit gelap-sedang | isyarat, laki-laki, maaf, pria membungkuk, warna kulit gelap-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông cúi đầu: màu da tối trung bình | cử chỉ, cúi đầu, màu da tối trung bình, người đàn ông, người đàn ông cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ: โทนผิวสีแทน | กราบ, ขอโทษ, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีแทน, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする男: やや濃い肌色 | おじぎ, おじぎする男, ごめんなさい, やや濃い肌色, 土下座, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 남자: 진한 갈색 피부 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 남자, 용서, 절, 절하는 남자, 정중함, 진한 갈색 피부, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生鞠躬: 中等-深肤色 | 不好意思, 中等-深肤色, 对不起, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生鞠躬：褐皮膚 | 不好意思, 男, 男生鞠躬, 褐皮膚, 道歉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man buig: medium-donker velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima rebɔ ne mu ase: wedeε ani tuntum kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që përkulet për falje: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e errët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ማጎንበስ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-5
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող տղամարդ․ միջին մուգ գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-ক’লা ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): baş əyən kişi: orta-tünd dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе ир-ат: уртаса ҡара тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den gizona: 5. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына нізка кланяецца: сярэдняцёмны тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac se naklanja: umjereno tamna boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): покланящ се мъж: средно тъмна кожа
- Burmese (my): ရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားညိုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui s’incline : peau modérément foncée
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅男人: 中深膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鞠躬嘅男人: 中深肤色
- Catalan (ca): home capcot: pell fosca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎣᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 鞠躬嘅男人：中深皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын пуҫ таять: сӑран вӑтам тӗксӗм тонӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac u dubokom naklonu: smeđa boja kože
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se muž: středně tmavý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand bukker dybt: medium til mørk teint
- Estonian (et): sügavalt kummarduv mees: keskmiselt tume nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a fazer a vénia: tipo de pele 5
- Faroese (fo): maður sum bukkar: miðalmyrkur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakayuko: katamtamang dark na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): syvään kumartava mies: keskitumma iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo unha reverencia: ton de pel escuro
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი კაცი: საშუალოდან მუქამდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતો પુરુષ: મધ્યમ ઘેરો ચામડીનો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai sunkuya: launin fata mai madaidaicin duhu
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta aadmi: medium-dark skin
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló férfi: közepesen sötét bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður hneigir sig: meðaldökkur húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-ehulata ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka òji-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag umhlú: ton cnis meándorcha
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mbungkuk ngurmati: kulit sawo mateng
- Kabyle (kab): argaz yettanez: taglimt tubrikt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ಗಾಢ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): басын иіп тұрған ер: 5-тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ەر: 5-تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសឱនលំទោន: សម្បុរខ្មៅល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo wunamye: ibara ry’uruhu rw’inzobe yirabura
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बागवता: मध्यम-गाढ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан эркек: кара тору
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil: retal-q’eq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍກົ້ມຄຳນັບ: ສີຜິວໂທນດຳປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis paklanās: vidēji tumšs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o fa scoaccin: carnaxon assæ scua
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkiantis vyras: tamsios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjecy muski: srjejźnośamna barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipende Mann: mëtteldäischter Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж се поклонува: тип на кожа 5
- Malay (ms): lelaki menunduk: ton kulit sederhana gelap
- Malayalam (ml): തലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം ഇരുണ്ട ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel jikina: ton medju-skur tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेला पुरुष: मध्यम काळसर त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй эрэгтэй: бордуу
- Māori (mi): tāne tuohu: kiri āhua waenga-parauri
- Nepali (ne): आदरभावले निहुरिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-५
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baú Daun: Mídíọ́m Dák Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o a inama: mmala wa letlalo wo moswana wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): bukkende mann: hudtype 5
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkande mann: hudtype 5
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଗାଢ଼ ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira sagadu: toonii gogaa gurraacha-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی سر ټیټوي: غنمی-تورنګه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکدا بندہ: درمیانی کالی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa tata: tunpa yana qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care se înclină: ton semi‑închis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che s’enclina: pel mez stgira
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cromadh: tòna meadhanach doilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушки дубоки наклон: средње тамна кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muški duboki naklon: srednje tamna koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယွမ်းၼွမ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉလမ်ပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جهڪندي: وچولو ڪارو رنگ
- Sinhala (si): ගැඹුරින් හිස නවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-5
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa muž: stredne tmavý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki se globoko priklanja: srednje temen ten kože
- Somali (so): nin fooraraya: jidh nooc madaw oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume aliyeinama: ngozi nyeusi kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки хам шуда истодааст: ранги торики миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் ஆண்: வகை 5
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా ముదురు చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብአይ አጎንቢሱ፦ ማእከላይ-ጸሊም ቆርበት ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata punou: kili melomelo-ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): monna a obega: letlalo la mmala wa bontsho jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän erkek: orta goýy deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž so pokłoni: srěnjoćmowa barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بہت زیادہ جھکا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی سیاہ رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن ئەر: ئارا توق تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak ta’zim qilmoqda: 5-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn ymgrymu’n isel: arlliw croen canolig-tywyll
- Wolof (wo): góor sujjóotal: xeesaayu der bu xawa ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egobayo: ithoni yesikhumba esiphakathi mnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tẹríba: adúláwọ̀ díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tɛríba: adúláwɔ̀ díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda ethobe kakhulu: uhlobo-5

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `&#x1F647;&#x1F3FE;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;` |
| CSS | `\1F647\1F3FE\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{1F3FE}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\U0001F3FE\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 F0 9F 8F BE E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 D83C DFFE 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%F0%9F%8F%BE%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🙇🏾‍♂️ 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. 🙇🏾‍♂️ shows it with medium-dark skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🙇🏾‍♂️ and 🙇‍♂️?

🙇🏾‍♂️ is the 🙇‍♂️ man bowing emoji with medium-dark skin tone. It's 🙇‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🙇🏾‍♂️?

Find 🙇‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-dark skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🙇🏾‍♂️?

U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write &#x1F647;&#x1F3FE;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;

### When was 🙇🏾‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji
