🙇U+1F647

Person bowing emoji

Captures a person bending forward at the waist in a deep bow. It works well for thanks, apology, respect or humility, for asking a favor or begging forgiveness, and sometimes as a polite stand-in for sorry or thank you.

Unicode name: person bowing
Category: People & body, Gestures
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+1F647
Shortcode: :bow:
Keywords: apology, ask, beg, bow, bowing, favor, forgive, gesture, meditate, meditation, person, pity, regret, sorry

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How to type 🙇

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	persona haciendo una reverencia	disculpa, gesto, perdón, persona haciendo una reverencia, reverencia
Français	personne qui s’incline	confus, désolé, excuses, geste, gronder, incliné, j’ai compris, OK, pardon, personne inclinée, personne qui s’incline
Deutsch	sich verbeugende Person	Bedauern, bitten, Demut, Entschuldigung, Geste, Kniefall, Meditation, meditieren, Person, sorry, unterwerfen, verbeugen, Verzeihung
Italiano	persona che fa un inchino profondo	chiedere perdono, gesto, grazie, inchino, meditare, mi dispiace, perdono, persona, persona che fa un inchino profondo, pietà, scusarsi
Português	pessoa fazendo reverência	arrependimento, desculpa, desculpe, gesto, meditação, perdão, pessoa, pessoa fazendo reverência, reverência, reverência respeitosa
Nederlands	buigende persoon	buigende man, buigende persoon, buiging, diepe buiging, excuses, gebaar, persoon, persoon die buiging maakt, sorry, spijt, verontschuldiging
Svenska	bugande person	ångra, be, bön, förlåt, gest, meditation, meditera, person, ursäkt
Polski	osoba w ukłonie	gest, osoba, osoba w ukłonie, przepraszam, skrucha, ukłon, wybacz, żal
Türkçe	başını öne eğme	affet, affetme, bağışlama, başını öne eğme, eğilme, hareket, kişi, merhamet, özür dilerim, üzgünüm, yakarma, yalvarma
Русский	человек кланяется	виноват, жаль, извини, пожалуйста, поклон, прости, прошу, прощения, стыд
Українська	людина, що вклоняється	благати, вибач, жалкувати, жест, поклон, розкаяння, співчувати, уклін, шкода
Ελληνικά	άτομο υποκλίνεται	άτομο υποκλίνεται, διαλογισμός, κίνηση, λυπάμαι, συγγνώμη, συγνώμη, συγχώρεση, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία
العربية	شخص ينحني اعتذارًا	آسف, أسف, أشخاص, إشارة, اعتذار, انحناء, انحناء شديد, تأمل, رأفة, رجل, رجل ينحني, شخص, شخص يتأسف, شخص ينحني اعتذارًا, ندم, يغفر
עברית	אדם משתחווה	אדם משתחווה, אדם קד קידה, התנצלות, מדיטציה, משתחווה, מתנצל, סליחה, קד קידה, קידה, רחמים
فارسی	عذرخواهی	آدم, التماس, ببخشید, پشیمانی, تعظیم, ژست, شرمنده, عبادت, عذرخواهی, متأسف, متاسفم, مدیتیشن, مرد
हिन्दी	झुका हुआ व्यक्ति	क्षमा करें, घुटनों पर बैठना, झुका हुआ व्यक्ति, ध्यान, पछतावा, पूरी तरह झुकना, माफ़ करें, माफ़ी, मुझे क्षमा करें, व्यक्ति, सिर झुकाना, सॉरी, हावभाव
বাংলা	ব্যক্তির প্রণাম	অঙ্গভঙ্গি, অনুনয় করা, অনুশোচনা, ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা, দুঃখিত, দুঃখিত হওয়া, ব্যক্তির প্রণাম, মাথা নত, মেডিটেশন
Bahasa Indonesia	orang membungkuk	bungkuk, gerakan, laki-laki, maaf, meditasi, minta maaf, nunduk, orang membungkuk, pria, sori, sujud, sungkem, tunduk
Tiếng Việt	người đang cúi đầu	cầu xin, cử chỉ, cúi người, hối tiếc, lấy làm tiếc, lời xin lỗi, người đang cúi đầu, tha thứ, tội nghiệp
ไทย	ท่าขอโทษ	ขอโทษ, ขอร้อง, ขออภัย, คน, โค้งคำนับ, ท่าทาง, สมาธิ, สำนึกผิด, เสียใจ
日本語	おじぎする人	おじぎ, おじぎする人, お願い, ごめんなさい, ジェスチャー, 土下座, 許して, 謝罪
한국어	절하는 사람	넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 사람, 용서, 절, 절하는 사람, 정중함, 큰절, 후회
中文（简体）	鞠躬	不好意思, 冥想, 姿势, 对不起, 惭愧, 感谢, 懊悔, 祈求宽恕, 道歉, 鞠躬, 鞠躬的人
中文（繁體）	鞠躬	下跪, 不好意思, 原諒, 姿勢, 姿態, 對不起, 後悔, 抱歉, 道歉, 鞠躬

Names in 96 more languages

Afrikaans	persoon wat buig
Akan	onipa rebɔ ne mu ase
Albanian	njeri i përkulur
Amharic	ከወገቡ ጎንበስ ብሎ ሰላምታ የሚሰጥ ሰው
Armenian	խոնարհվող անձ
Assamese	শিৰ নত কৰা ব্যক্তি
Azerbaijani	tənzim edən adam
Bashkir	баш эйеүсе кеше
Basque	burua makurtzen ari den pertsona
Belarusian	чалавек кланяецца
Bosnian	osoba se naklanja
Breton	den o stouiñ
Bulgarian	Покланящ се човек
Burmese	ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ
Cantonese	鞠躬嘅人
Catalan	persona capcota
Cherokee	ᏴᏫ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ
Chuvash	ҫын пуҫ таять
Croatian	osoba koja se klanja
Czech	uklánějící se osoba
Danish	person bukker dybt
Estonian	kummardav inimene
European Portuguese	pessoa a fazer vénia
Faroese	persónur sum bukkar
Filipino	yumuyukong tao
Finnish	kumartava henkilö
Galician	reverencia
Georgian	თავდახრილი პიროვნება
Gujarati	વંદન કરતી વ્યક્તિ
Hausa	mutum mai sunkuya
Hindi (Latin)	bow karta vyakti
Hungarian	meghajló ember
Icelandic	fyrirgefðu
Igbo	onye na-ehulata ala
Irish	duine ag umhlú
Javanese	wong mbungkuk ngurmati
Kannada	ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
Kazakh	иілген адам
Kazakh (Arabic)	يىلگەن ادام
Khmer	មនុស្សឱនគោរព
Kinyarwanda	umuntu wunamye
Konkani	व्यक्ती बागवता
Kyrgyz	жүгүнүп жаткан адам
Kʼicheʼ	Winaq k’o uk’ixb’alil
Lao	ຄົນກົ້ມຂໍໂທດ
Latvian	cilvēks paklanās
Lithuanian	nusilenkęs žmogus
Lower Sorbian	se pókłonjeca wósoba
Luxembourgish	sech vernäipend Persoun
Macedonian	човек кој се поклонува
Malay	orang menunduk
Malayalam	തല കുനിയ്‌ക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി
Maltese	persuna tinkina
Marathi	मान खाली घातलेली व्यक्ती
Mongolian	бөхийж буй хүн
Māori	tangata tuohu
Nepali	निहुरिरहेको व्यक्ति
Nigerian Pidgin	Pẹ́sin Wé De Baú Daun
Northern Sotho	motho yo a inamego
Norwegian	bukker
Norwegian Nynorsk	bukkar
Odia	ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
Oromo	nama sagadu
Pashto	شخص سر کښته کوي
Punjabi	ਝੁਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)	جُھکیا ہوئیا بندہ
Quechua	upaykusqa runa
Romanian	persoană care se înclină
Romansh	persuna che s’enclina
Scottish Gaelic	neach a’ cromadh
Serbian	особа која се клања
Serbian (Latin)	osoba koja se klanja
Shan	ၵူၼ်းယွမ်းၼွမ်း
Sindhi	شخص جهڪندي
Sinhala	හිස නවන පුද්ගලයා
Slovak	klaňajúci sa človek
Slovenian	oseba, ki se prikloni
Somali	qof fooraraya
Swahili	mtu aliyeinama
Tajik	шахсе, ки хам шуда истодааст
Tamil	மன்னிப்பு கேட்பவர்
Telugu	క్షమాపణలు కోరుతున్న వ్యక్తి
Tigrinya	ሰብ አጎንቢሱ
Tongan	tokotaha punou
Tswana	motho a obega
Turkmen	tagzym edýän adam
Upper Sorbian	wosoba, kiž so pokłoni
Urdu	جھکے ہوئے شخص
Uyghur	ئېگىلگەن كىشى
Uzbek	ta’zim qilayotgan odam
Welsh	person yn ymgrymu
Wolof	nit kuy sëgg-nuyoo
Xhosa	umntu ogobayo
Yoruba	Ẹni N Tẹriba
Yoruba (Benin)	Ɛni N Tɛriba
Zulu	umuntu othobile

Codes

Code points: U+1F647
HTML: 🙇
CSS: \1F647
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F647}
Python: \U0001F647
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F 99 87
UTF-16: D83D DE47
URL encoded: %F0%9F%99%87

Questions

What does the 🙇 person bowing emoji mean?

How do I type the 🙇 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “person 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 :bow:.

When was the 🙇 emoji added?

🙇 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🙇?

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

Does 🙇 come in different skin tones?

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