# 🙇🏼‍♂️ Man bowing emoji: medium-light skin tone

🙇🏼‍♂️ is the man bowing emoji (🙇‍♂️) with medium-light 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-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F647 U+1F3FC 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-light-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 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 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)
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-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man bowing”, then pick medium-light 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 claro medio | disculpa, gesto, hombre haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | homme qui s’incline : peau moyennement claire | désolé, geste, homme, homme qui s’incline, incliné, peau moyennement claire |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugender Mann: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Demut, Mann, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, sich verbeugender Mann, verbeugen |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa inchino profondo: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza chiara, gesto, inchino, scuse, uomo, uomo che fa inchino profondo |
| Português (pt) | homem fazendo reverência: pele morena clara | desculpas, gesto, homem, homem fazendo reverência, homem pedindo desculpas, pele morena clara, respeito, reverência |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende man: lichtgetinte huidskleur | buigen, buigende man, excuses, gebaar, gunst, lichtgetinte huidskleur, man, sorry |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande man: mellanljus hy | beklagelse, buga, bugande man, man, mellanljus hy, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna w ukłonie: karnacja średnio jasna | gest, karnacja średnio jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna w ukłonie, przepraszam, ukłon |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğen erkek: orta açık cilt tonu | adam, baş eğme, başını öne eğen erkek, erkek, hareket, lütuf, orta açık cilt tonu, özür |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина кланяется: светлый тон кожи | извинение, мужчина, мужчина кланяется, поклон, просьба, прощение, светлый тон кожи |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що вклоняється: помірно світлий тон шкіри | вибачення, повага, покора, помірно світлий тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік, що вклоняється, що вклоняється |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας υποκλίνεται: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άντρας, άντρας υποκλίνεται, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, συγγνώμη, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | رجل ينحني اعتذارًا: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | امتنان, انحناء, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, رجل ينحني, رجل ينحني اعتذارًا, ركوع |
| עברית (he) | גבר משתחווה: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | איש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, התנצלות, טובה, מצטער, משתחווה, סליחה |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد تعظیم می‌کند: پوست روشن | پوست روشن, خواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف, مرد تعظیم می‌کند |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर झुकाता पुरुष: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | आदमी, इशारा, एहसान, झुकने, पुरुष, माफ़ कीजिये, माफी, सर झुकाता पुरुष, हल्की गोरी त्वचा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা, দুঃখিত, পুরুষ, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মাপ চাওয়া |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria membungkuk: warna kulit cerah-sedang | isyarat, laki-laki, maaf, pria membungkuk, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông cúi đầu: màu da sáng trung bình | cử chỉ, cúi đầu, màu da sáng trung bình, người đàn ông, người đàn ông cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | กราบ, ขอโทษ, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする男: やや薄い肌色 | おじぎ, おじぎする男, ごめんなさい, やや薄い肌色, 土下座, 男, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 남자: 연한 갈색 피부 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 남자, 연한 갈색 피부, 용서, 절, 절하는 남자, 정중함, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生鞠躬: 中等-浅肤色 | 不好意思, 中等-浅肤色, 对不起, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生鞠躬：黃皮膚 | 不好意思, 男, 男生鞠躬, 道歉, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man buig: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima rebɔ ne mu ase: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): burrë që përkulet për falje: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ማጎንበስ: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող տղամարդ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা পুৰুষ: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): baş əyən kişi: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе ир-ат: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den gizona: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына нізка кланяецца: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac se naklanja: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): покланящ се мъж: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui s’incline : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅男人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鞠躬嘅男人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home capcot: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 鞠躬嘅男人：黃皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын пуҫ таять: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac u dubokom naklonu: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se muž: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand bukker dybt: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): sügavalt kummarduv mees: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a fazer a vénia: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): maður sum bukkar: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakayuko: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): syvään kumartava mies: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo unha reverencia: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი კაცი: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતો પુરુષ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai sunkuya: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta aadmi: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló férfi: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður hneigir sig: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-ehulata ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): fear ag umhlú: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mbungkuk ngurmati: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): argaz yettanez: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): басын иіп тұрған ер: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ەر: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): បុរសឱនលំទោន: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo wunamye: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बागवता: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан эркек: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍກົ້ມຄຳນັບ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis paklanās: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o fa scoaccin: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkiantis vyras: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjecy muski: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipende Mann: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж се поклонува: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): lelaki menunduk: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel jikina: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेला पुरुष: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй эрэгтэй: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne tuohu: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): आदरभावले निहुरिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baú Daun: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o a inama: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): bukkende mann: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkande mann: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira sagadu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): سړی سر ټیټوي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکدا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa tata: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care se înclină: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che s’enclina: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cromadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушки дубоки наклон: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушки дубоки наклон: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muški duboki naklon: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muški duboki naklon: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယွမ်းၼွမ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جهڪندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): ගැඹුරින් හිස නවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa muž: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki se globoko priklanja: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin fooraraya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume aliyeinama: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки хам шуда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் ஆண்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న పురుషుడు: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብአይ አጎንቢሱ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tangata punou: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): monna a obega: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän erkek: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž so pokłoni: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بہت زیادہ جھکا ہوا مرد: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن ئەر: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): erkak ta’zim qilmoqda: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn ymgrymu’n isel: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): góor sujjóotal: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egobayo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tẹríba: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tɛríba: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda ethobe kakhulu: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🙇🏼‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F647\1F3FC\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{1F3FC}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\U0001F3FC\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 F0 9F 8F BC E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 D83C DFFC 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%F0%9F%8F%BC%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-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🙇🏼‍♂️ is the 🙇‍♂️ man bowing emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🙇‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F647 U+1F3FC 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-light 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+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙇🏼‍♂️

### 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-light-skin-tone-emoji