# 🧎‍♂️ Man kneeling emoji

🧎‍♂️ Man kneeling is an emoji in the people doing things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: kneel and knees.

- Emoji: 🧎‍♂️
- Unicode name: man kneeling
- Code points: U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, People doing things
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :kneeling_man:
- Keywords: kneel, kneeling, knees, man
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-emoji

## What it means

Features a man kneeling on the ground. Reach for it to talk about prayer, marriage proposals, begging or pleading, or to show humility, respect or an exaggerated apology.

## Skin tones

- 🧎🏻‍♂️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧎🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧎🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧎🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🧎🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE 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 kneeling](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-emoji.md) (U+1F9CE)
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 kneeling”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man kneeling”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man kneeling”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man kneeling”.
- GitHub: Type :kneeling_man: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre de rodillas | arrodillado, arrodillarse, de rodillas, hombre, hombre de rodillas |
| Français (fr) | homme à genoux | à genoux, homme, homme à genoux |
| Deutsch (de) | kniender Mann | kniend, kniender Mann, Mann |
| Italiano (it) | uomo inginocchiato | in ginocchio, inginocchiarsi, uomo, uomo inginocchiato |
| Português (pt) | homem ajoelhando | ajoelhado, homem, homem ajoelhando |
| Nederlands (nl) | knielende man | knielend, knielende man, man |
| Svenska (sv) | knäsittande man | knäsittande, knästående, man |
| Polski (pl) | klęczący mężczyzna | klęczący mężczyzna, klęczeć, mężczyzna |
| Türkçe (tr) | diz çöken erkek | adam, diz çöken, diz çöken erkek, erkek |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина на коленях | колени, мальчик, мужчина, мужчина на коленях, на коленях, парень |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік навколішках | коліна, на колінах, навколішках, навколішки, чоловік |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας που γονατίζει | άντρας, άντρας που γονατίζει, γονατίζει |
| العربية (ar) | رجل جالس على ركبتيه | رجل, رجل جالس على ركبتيه, ركبة, ركبتان, ركبتين, ركوع |
| עברית (he) | איש כורע ברך | איש, איש כורע ברך, גבר, כורע ברך, לכרוע ברך |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد زانوزده | زانوزده, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आदमी घुटनों के बल | आदमी, आदमी घुटने टेककर, आदमी घुटनों के बल |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা পুরুষ | পুরুষ, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা পুরুষ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria berlutut | berlutut, pria |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông quỳ | người đàn ông, người đàn ông quỳ, quỳ |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายกำลังคุกเข่า | คน, คุกเข่า, นั่ง, ผู้ชาย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 正座する男性 | ひざまずく, 座る, 正座する男性, 男性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 무릎을 꿇은 남자 | 남자, 무릎을 꿇은, 무릎을 꿇은 남자 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 跪下的男人 | 下跪, 男, 跪下的男人, 跪坐 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 跪著的男子 | 男, 跪, 跪著的男子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man wat kniel
- Akan (ak): Barima abu nkotodwe
- Albanian (sq): burrë në gjunjë
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ተንበርክኮ
- Armenian (hy): ծնկաչոք տղամարդ
- Assamese (as): আঁঠু কাঢ়ি থকা মানুহ
- Azerbaijani (az): dizi üstündə kişi
- Bashkir (ba): тубыҡланған ир
- Basque (eu): belauniko dagoen gizona
- Belarusian (be): мужчына стаіць на каленях
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac kleči
- Breton (br): paotr daoulinet
- Bulgarian (bg): коленичил мъж
- Burmese (my): ဒူးထောက်နေသူ အမျိုးသား
- Cantonese (yue): 跪嘅男人
- Catalan (ca): home agenollat
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏕᏥᎾᏆᎾ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 跪係度嘅男人
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын чӗркуҫҫи ҫинче
- Croatian (hr): muškarac kleči
- Czech (cs): klečící muž
- Danish (da): knælende mand
- Estonian (et): põlvitav mees
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem de joelhos
- Faroese (fo): maður á knæ
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakaluhod
- Finnish (fi): polvistuva mies
- Galician (gl): home axeonllado
- Georgian (ka): დაჩოქილი კაცი
- Gujarati (gu): ઘૂંટણિયે બેસેલો માણસ
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): knees par baitha aadmi
- Hungarian (hu): térdelő férfi
- Icelandic (is): krjúpandi maður
- Igbo (ig): nwoke gbu ikpere n’ala
- Irish (ga): fear ar a ghlúine
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang timpuh
- Kannada (kn): ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಮಂಡಿಯೂರಿರುವುದು
- Kazakh (kk): тізерлеп отырған еркек
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تىزەرلەپ وتىرعان ەركەك
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សប្រុសលុតជង្គង់
- Konkani (kok): दिमी घालून बशिल्लो दादलो
- Kyrgyz (ky): тизелеген киши
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້​ຊາຍ​ຄຸ​ເຂົ່າ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis uz ceļiem
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo in zenoggion
- Lithuanian (lt): klūpantis vyras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kólenkujucy muski
- Macedonian (mk): маж кој клечи
- Malay (ms): lelaki bersimpuh
- Malayalam (ml): മുട്ടുകുത്തുന്ന പുരുഷൻ
- Marathi (mr): गुडघे टेकलेला माणूस
- Mongolian (mn): сөхөрч буй эрэгтэй
- Nepali (ne): पुरुष घुँडा टेकिरहेको
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé Níl Daun
- Norwegian (no): mann som kneler
- Odia (or): ଆଣ୍ଠେଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ
- Oromo (om): dhiira jilbeeffate
- Pashto (ps): سړی چوکېږي
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੋਡਿਆਂ ਭਾਰ ਬੈਠਾ ਆਦਮੀ
- Quechua (qu): qunqurisqa tata
- Romanian (ro): bărbat în genunchi
- Romansh (rm): um en schanuglias
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine air a ghlùinean
- Serbian (sr): човек клечи
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): čovek kleči
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးၶုပ်ႉၶဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): گوڏا کوڙيل ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): මිනිසා දණ ගසයි
- Slovak (sk): kľačiaci muž
- Slovenian (sl): klečeč moški
- Somali (so): nin jilba dhiganaya
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume aliyepiga magoti
- Tamil (ta): மண்டியிட்டுள்ள ஆண்
- Telugu (te): మోకాళ్లపై కూర్చున్న పురుషుడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብኣይ ተንበርኪኹ
- Tongan (to): tangata tūʻulutui
- Turkmen (tk): dyza çöken erkek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): klečacy muž
- Urdu (ur): گھٹنوں کے بل بیٹھا مرد
- Uzbek (uz): tiz choʻkkan erkak
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn penlinio
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tó kúnlẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tó kúnlɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): indoda eguqlile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧎‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F9CE\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CE}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CE\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8E E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCE 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8E%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧎‍♂️ man kneeling emoji mean?

Features a man kneeling on the ground. Reach for it to talk about prayer, marriage proposals, begging or pleading, or to show humility, respect or an exaggerated apology.

### How do I type the 🧎‍♂️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “man kneeling”. 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 :kneeling_man:.

### When was the 🧎‍♂️ emoji added?

🧎‍♂️ was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧎‍♂️?

U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧎‍♂️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9CE}\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-kneeling-emoji