# 🙇 Person bowing emoji

🙇 Person bowing is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: apology, ask, beg, bow, favor and forgive.

- Emoji: 🙇
- Unicode name: person bowing
- Code points: U+1F647
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :bow:
- Keywords: apology, ask, beg, bow, bowing, favor, forgive, gesture, meditate, meditation, person, pity, regret, sorry
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

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

## Emoji that include 🙇

- 🙇‍♂️ [Man bowing](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji.md)
- 🙇‍♀️ [Woman bowing](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-emoji.md)

## 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 (es) | persona haciendo una reverencia | disculpa, gesto, perdón, persona haciendo una reverencia, reverencia |
| Français (fr) | personne qui s’incline | confus, désolé, excuses, geste, gronder, incliné, j’ai compris, OK, pardon, personne inclinée, personne qui s’incline |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugende Person | Bedauern, bitten, Demut, Entschuldigung, Geste, Kniefall, Meditation, meditieren, Person, sorry, unterwerfen, verbeugen, Verzeihung |
| Italiano (it) | 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 (pt) | pessoa fazendo reverência | arrependimento, desculpa, desculpe, gesto, meditação, perdão, pessoa, pessoa fazendo reverência, reverência, reverência respeitosa |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende persoon | buigende man, buigende persoon, buiging, diepe buiging, excuses, gebaar, persoon, persoon die buiging maakt, sorry, spijt, verontschuldiging |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande person | ångra, be, bön, förlåt, gest, meditation, meditera, person, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | osoba w ukłonie | gest, osoba, osoba w ukłonie, przepraszam, skrucha, ukłon, wybacz, żal |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğme | affet, affetme, bağışlama, başını öne eğme, eğilme, hareket, kişi, merhamet, özür dilerim, üzgünüm, yakarma, yalvarma |
| Русский (ru) | человек кланяется | виноват, жаль, извини, пожалуйста, поклон, прости, прошу, прощения, стыд |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що вклоняється | благати, вибач, жалкувати, жест, поклон, розкаяння, співчувати, уклін, шкода |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο υποκλίνεται | άτομο υποκλίνεται, διαλογισμός, κίνηση, λυπάμαι, συγγνώμη, συγνώμη, συγχώρεση, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | 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 (he) | אדם משתחווה | אדם משתחווה, אדם קד קידה, התנצלות, מדיטציה, משתחווה, מתנצל, סליחה, קד קידה, קידה, רחמים |
| فارسی (fa) | عذرخواهی | آدم, التماس, ببخشید, پشیمانی, تعظیم, ژست, شرمنده, عبادت, عذرخواهی, متأسف, متاسفم, مدیتیشن, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | 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 (bn) | ব্যক্তির প্রণাম | অঙ্গভঙ্গি, অনুনয় করা, অনুশোচনা, ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা, দুঃখিত, দুঃখিত হওয়া, ব্যক্তির প্রণাম, মাথা নত, মেডিটেশন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang membungkuk | bungkuk, gerakan, laki-laki, maaf, meditasi, minta maaf, nunduk, orang membungkuk, pria, sori, sujud, sungkem, tunduk |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | 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 (th) | ท่าขอโทษ | ขอโทษ, ขอร้อง, ขออภัย, คน, โค้งคำนับ, ท่าทาง, สมาธิ, สำนึกผิด, เสียใจ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 절하는 사람 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 사람, 용서, 절, 절하는 사람, 정중함, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 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 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat buig
- Akan (ak): onipa rebɔ ne mu ase
- Albanian (sq): njeri i përkulur
- Amharic (am): ከወገቡ ጎንበስ ብሎ ሰላምታ የሚሰጥ ሰው
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող անձ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): tənzim edən adam
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе кеше
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den pertsona
- Belarusian (be): чалавек кланяецца
- Bosnian (bs): osoba se naklanja
- Breton (br): den o stouiñ
- Bulgarian (bg): Покланящ се човек
- Burmese (my): ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona capcota
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын пуҫ таять
- Croatian (hr): osoba koja se klanja
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se osoba
- Danish (da): person bukker dybt
- Estonian (et): kummardav inimene
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a fazer vénia
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum bukkar
- Filipino (fil): yumuyukong tao
- Finnish (fi): kumartava henkilö
- Galician (gl): reverencia
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი პიროვნება
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતી વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai sunkuya
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló ember
- Icelandic (is): fyrirgefðu
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ehulata ala
- Irish (ga): duine ag umhlú
- Javanese (jv): wong mbungkuk ngurmati
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): иілген адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىلگەن ادام
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សឱនគោរព
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wunamye
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती बागवता
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан адам
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq k’o uk’ixb’alil
- Lao (lo): ຄົນກົ້ມຂໍໂທດ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks paklanās
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkęs žmogus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjeca wósoba
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipend Persoun
- Macedonian (mk): човек кој се поклонува
- Malay (ms): orang menunduk
- Malayalam (ml): തല കുനിയ്‌ക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി
- Maltese (mt): persuna tinkina
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेली व्यक्ती
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй хүн
- Māori (mi): tangata tuohu
- Nepali (ne): निहुरिरहेको व्यक्ति
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Baú Daun
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a inamego
- Norwegian (no): bukker
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkar
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama sagadu
- Pashto (ps): شخص سر کښته کوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੁਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکیا ہوئیا بندہ
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa runa
- Romanian (ro): persoană care se înclină
- Romansh (rm): persuna che s’enclina
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ cromadh
- Serbian (sr): особа која се клања
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba koja se klanja
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယွမ်းၼွမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): شخص جهڪندي
- Sinhala (si): හිස නවන පුද්ගලයා
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa človek
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki se prikloni
- Somali (so): qof fooraraya
- Swahili (sw): mtu aliyeinama
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки хам шуда истодааст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்பவர்
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుతున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ አጎንቢሱ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha punou
- Tswana (tn): motho a obega
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž so pokłoni
- Urdu (ur): جھکے ہوئے شخص
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن كىشى
- Uzbek (uz): ta’zim qilayotgan odam
- Welsh (cy): person yn ymgrymu
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sëgg-nuyoo
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogobayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Tẹriba
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Tɛriba
- Zulu (zu): umuntu othobile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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?

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.

### 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.

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