# 🙇🏻 Person bowing emoji: light skin tone

🙇🏻 is the person bowing emoji (🙇) with light skin tone. It's 🙇 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

- Emoji: 🙇🏻
- Unicode name: person bowing: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F647 U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Base emoji: [🙇 Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

- 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md)
- 🙇🏼 [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

## What it's made of

🙇🏻 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)

## How to type 🙇🏻

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person bowing”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona haciendo una reverencia: tono de piel claro | disculpa, gesto, perdón, persona haciendo una reverencia, reverencia, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne qui s’incline : peau claire | confus, désolé, excuses, geste, gronder, incliné, j’ai compris, OK, pardon, peau claire, personne inclinée, personne qui s’incline |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugende Person: helle Hautfarbe | Bedauern, bitten, Demut, Entschuldigung, Geste, helle Hautfarbe, Kniefall, Meditation, meditieren, Person, sorry, unterwerfen, verbeugen, Verzeihung |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa un inchino profondo: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, chiedere perdono, gesto, grazie, inchino, meditare, mi dispiace, perdono, persona, persona che fa un inchino profondo, pietà, scusarsi |
| Português (pt) | pessoa fazendo reverência: pele clara | arrependimento, desculpa, desculpe, gesto, meditação, pele clara, perdão, pessoa, pessoa fazendo reverência, reverência, reverência respeitosa |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende persoon: lichte huidskleur | buigende man, buigende persoon, buiging, diepe buiging, excuses, gebaar, lichte huidskleur, persoon, persoon die buiging maakt, sorry, spijt, verontschuldiging |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande person: ljus hy | ångra, be, bön, förlåt, gest, ljus hy, meditation, meditera, person, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | osoba w ukłonie: karnacja jasna | gest, karnacja jasna, osoba, osoba w ukłonie, przepraszam, skrucha, ukłon, wybacz, żal |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğme: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, affet, affetme, bağışlama, başını öne eğme, eğilme, hareket, kişi, merhamet, özür dilerim, üzgünüm, yakarma, yalvarma |
| Русский (ru) | человек кланяется: очень светлый тон кожи | виноват, жаль, извини, очень светлый тон кожи, пожалуйста, поклон, прости, прошу, прощения, стыд |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що вклоняється: світлий тон шкіри | благати, вибач, жалкувати, жест, поклон, розкаяння, світлий тон шкіри, співчувати, уклін, шкода |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο υποκλίνεται: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άτομο υποκλίνεται, διαλογισμός, κίνηση, λυπάμαι, συγγνώμη, συγνώμη, συγχώρεση, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | شخص ينحني اعتذارًا: بشرة بلون فاتح | آسف, أسف, أشخاص, إشارة, اعتذار, انحناء, انحناء شديد, بشرة بلون فاتح, تأمل, رأفة, رجل, رجل ينحني, شخص, شخص يتأسف, شخص ينحني اعتذارًا, ندم, يغفر |
| עברית (he) | אדם משתחווה: גוון עור בהיר | אדם משתחווה, אדם קד קידה, גוון עור בהיר, התנצלות, מדיטציה, משתחווה, מתנצל, סליחה, קד קידה, קידה, רחמים |
| فارسی (fa) | عذرخواهی: پوست سفید | آدم, التماس, ببخشید, پشیمانی, پوست سفید, تعظیم, ژست, شرمنده, عبادت, عذرخواهی, متأسف, متاسفم, مدیتیشن, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झुका हुआ व्यक्ति: गोरी त्वचा | क्षमा करें, गोरी त्वचा, 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: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গভঙ্গি, অনুনয় করা, অনুশোচনা, ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা, দুঃখিত, দুঃখিত হওয়া, ব্যক্তির প্রণাম, মাথা নত, মেডিটেশন, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang membungkuk: warna kulit cerah | bungkuk, gerakan, laki-laki, maaf, meditasi, minta maaf, nunduk, orang membungkuk, pria, sori, sujud, sungkem, tunduk, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đang cúi đầu: màu da sáng | cầu xin, cử chỉ, cúi người, hối tiếc, lấy làm tiếc, lời xin lỗi, màu da sáng, người đang cúi đầu, tha thứ, tội nghiệp |
| ไทย (th) | ท่าขอโทษ: โทนผิวสีขาว | ขอโทษ, ขอร้อง, ขออภัย, คน, โค้งคำนับ, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาว, สมาธิ, สำนึกผิด, เสียใจ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする人: 薄い肌色 | 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, 薄い肌色, 許して, 謝罪 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 사람: 하얀 피부 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 사람, 용서, 절, 절하는 사람, 정중함, 큰절, 하얀 피부, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鞠躬: 较浅肤色 | 不好意思, 冥想, 姿势, 对不起, 惭愧, 感谢, 懊悔, 祈求宽恕, 较浅肤色, 道歉, 鞠躬, 鞠躬的人 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鞠躬：白皮膚 | 下跪, 不好意思, 原諒, 姿勢, 姿態, 對不起, 後悔, 抱歉, 白皮膚, 道歉, 鞠躬 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat buig: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa rebɔ ne mu ase: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): njeri i përkulur: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ከወገቡ ጎንበስ ብሎ ሰላምታ የሚሰጥ ሰው: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող անձ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): tənzim edən adam: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den pertsona: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): чалавек кланяецца: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba se naklanja: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Покланящ се човек: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui s’incline : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鞠躬嘅人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona capcota: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын пуҫ таять: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): osoba koja se klanja: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se osoba: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): person bukker dybt: lys teint
- Estonian (et): kummardav inimene: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a fazer vénia: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum bukkar: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): yumuyukong tao: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kumartava henkilö: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): reverencia: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი პიროვნება: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતી વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai sunkuya: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta vyakti: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló ember: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fyrirgefðu: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ehulata ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine ag umhlú: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong mbungkuk ngurmati: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): amdan yettanez: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иілген адам: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىلگەن ادام: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សឱនគោរព: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wunamye: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती बागवता: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан адам: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq k’o uk’ixb’alil: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຄົນກົ້ມຂໍໂທດ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks paklanās: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fâ scoaccin: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkęs žmogus: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjeca wósoba: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipend Persoun: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): човек кој се поклонува: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): orang menunduk: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തല കുനിയ്‌ക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna tinkina: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेली व्यक्ती: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй хүн: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata tuohu: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): निहुरिरहेको व्यक्ति: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Baú Daun: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a inamego: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): bukker: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkar: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama sagadu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص سر کښته کوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੁਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکیا ہوئیا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa runa: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care se înclină: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che s’enclina: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ cromadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа која се клања: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа која се клања: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba koja se klanja: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba koja se klanja: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယွမ်းၼွမ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص جهڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): හිස නවන පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa človek: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki se prikloni: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof fooraraya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mtu aliyeinama: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки хам шуда истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்பவர்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుతున్న వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ አጎንቢሱ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha punou: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): motho a obega: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž so pokłoni: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جھکے ہوئے شخص: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن كىشى: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ta’zim qilayotgan odam: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn ymgrymu: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sëgg-nuyoo: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogobayo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Tẹriba: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Tɛriba: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umuntu othobile: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🙇🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F647\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

### What does 🙇🏻 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. 🙇🏻 shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🙇🏻 and 🙇?

🙇🏻 is the 🙇 person bowing emoji with light skin tone. It's 🙇 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F647 U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🙇🏻?

Find 🙇 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose 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+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🙇🏻

### When was 🙇🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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