# 🙇🏼 Person bowing emoji: medium-light skin tone

🙇🏼 is the person bowing emoji (🙇) with medium-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: medium-light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F647 U+1F3FC
- 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-medium-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)
- 🙇🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FB
- 🙇🏽 [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. 🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FC)

## How to type 🙇🏼

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person bowing”, then press and hold it and choose medium-light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person 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) | persona haciendo una reverencia: tono de piel claro medio | disculpa, gesto, perdón, persona haciendo una reverencia, reverencia, tono de piel claro medio |
| Français (fr) | personne qui s’incline : peau moyennement claire | confus, désolé, excuses, geste, gronder, incliné, j’ai compris, OK, pardon, peau moyennement claire, personne inclinée, personne qui s’incline |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugende Person: mittelhelle Hautfarbe | Bedauern, bitten, Demut, Entschuldigung, Geste, Kniefall, Meditation, meditieren, mittelhelle Hautfarbe, Person, sorry, unterwerfen, verbeugen, Verzeihung |
| Italiano (it) | persona che fa un inchino profondo: carnagione abbastanza chiara | carnagione abbastanza 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 morena clara | arrependimento, desculpa, desculpe, gesto, meditação, pele morena clara, perdão, pessoa, pessoa fazendo reverência, reverência, reverência respeitosa |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende persoon: lichtgetinte huidskleur | buigende man, buigende persoon, buiging, diepe buiging, excuses, gebaar, lichtgetinte huidskleur, persoon, persoon die buiging maakt, sorry, spijt, verontschuldiging |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande person: mellanljus hy | ångra, be, bön, förlåt, gest, meditation, meditera, mellanljus hy, person, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | osoba w ukłonie: karnacja średnio jasna | gest, karnacja średnio jasna, osoba, osoba w ukłonie, przepraszam, skrucha, ukłon, wybacz, żal |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğme: orta açık cilt tonu | affet, affetme, bağışlama, başını öne eğme, eğilme, hareket, kişi, merhamet, orta açık cilt tonu, özür dilerim, üzgünüm, yakarma, yalvarma |
| Русский (ru) | человек кланяется: светлый тон кожи | виноват, жаль, извини, пожалуйста, поклон, прости, прошу, прощения, светлый тон кожи, стыд |
| Українська (uk) | людина, що вклоняється: помірно світлий тон шкіри | благати, вибач, жалкувати, жест, поклон, помірно світлий тон шкіри, розкаяння, співчувати, уклін, шкода |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο υποκλίνεται: μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | άτομο υποκλίνεται, διαλογισμός, κίνηση, λυπάμαι, μεσαίος-ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, συγγνώμη, συγνώμη, συγχώρεση, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | شخص ينحني اعتذارًا: بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل | آسف, أسف, أشخاص, إشارة, اعتذار, انحناء, انحناء شديد, بشرة بلون فاتح ومعتدل, تأمل, رأفة, رجل, رجل ينحني, شخص, شخص يتأسف, شخص ينحني اعتذارًا, ندم, يغفر |
| עברית (he) | אדם משתחווה: גוון עור בהיר בינוני | אדם משתחווה, אדם קד קידה, גוון עור בהיר בינוני, התנצלות, מדיטציה, משתחווה, מתנצל, סליחה, קד קידה, קידה, רחמים |
| فارسی (fa) | عذرخواهی: پوست روشن | آدم, التماس, ببخشید, پشیمانی, پوست روشن, تعظیم, ژست, شرمنده, عبادت, عذرخواهی, متأسف, متاسفم, مدیتیشن, مرد |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झुका हुआ व्यक्ति: हल्की गोरी त्वचा | क्षमा करें, घुटनों पर बैठना, झुका हुआ व्यक्ति, ध्यान, पछतावा, पूरी तरह झुकना, माफ़ करें, माफ़ी, मुझे क्षमा करें, व्यक्ति, सिर झुकाना, सॉरी, हल्की गोरी त्वचा, हावभाव |
| বাংলা (bn) | ব্যক্তির প্রণাম: মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গভঙ্গি, অনুনয় করা, অনুশোচনা, ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা, দুঃখিত, দুঃখিত হওয়া, ব্যক্তির প্রণাম, মাঝারি-হালকা ত্বকের রঙ, মাথা নত, মেডিটেশন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang membungkuk: warna kulit cerah-sedang | bungkuk, gerakan, laki-laki, maaf, meditasi, minta maaf, nunduk, orang membungkuk, pria, sori, sujud, sungkem, tunduk, warna kulit cerah-sedang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đang cúi đầu: màu da sáng trung bình | cầu xin, cử chỉ, cúi người, hối tiếc, lấy làm tiếc, lời xin lỗi, màu da sáng trung bình, người đang cúi đầu, tha thứ, tội nghiệp |
| ไทย (th) | ท่าขอโทษ: โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง | ขอโทษ, ขอร้อง, ขออภัย, คน, โค้งคำนับ, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาวเหลือง, สมาธิ, สำนึกผิด, เสียใจ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする人: やや薄い肌色 | おじぎ, おじぎする人, お願い, ごめんなさい, ジェスチャー, やや薄い肌色, 土下座, 許して, 謝罪 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 사람: 연한 갈색 피부 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 사람, 연한 갈색 피부, 용서, 절, 절하는 사람, 정중함, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鞠躬: 中等-浅肤色 | 不好意思, 中等-浅肤色, 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：黃皮膚 | 下跪, 不好意思, 原諒, 姿勢, 姿態, 對不起, 後悔, 抱歉, 道歉, 鞠躬, 黃皮膚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat buig: medium-ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): onipa rebɔ ne mu ase: wedeε ani a εda so kakra
- Albanian (sq): njeri i përkulur: nuancë lëkure gjysmë e çelët
- Amharic (am): ከወገቡ ጎንበስ ብሎ ሰላምታ የሚሰጥ ሰው: መሃከለኛ ቀላ ያለ የቆዳ ቀለም
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող անձ․ միջին բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা ব্যক্তি: মধ্যমীয়া-পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): tənzim edən adam: orta-açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе кеше: уртаса аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den pertsona: 3. mota
- Belarusian (be): чалавек кланяецца: сярэднясветлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba se naklanja: umjereno svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): Покланящ се човек: средно светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ − အသားနုရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne qui s’incline : peau modérément claire
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅人: 中淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鞠躬嘅人: 中浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona capcota: pell bastant clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ: ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎸ ᏄᎿᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫын пуҫ таять: ӳт-тирӗн вӑтам-ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): osoba koja se klanja: svijetlo maslinasta boja kože
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se osoba: středně světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): person bukker dybt: medium til lys teint
- Estonian (et): kummardav inimene: keskmiselt hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa a fazer vénia: tipo de pele 3
- Faroese (fo): persónur sum bukkar: miðalljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): yumuyukong tao: katamtamang light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): kumartava henkilö: keskivaalea iho
- Galician (gl): reverencia: ton de pel claro
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი პიროვნება: ღიადან საშუალომდე კანის ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતી વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો મધ્યમ આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum mai sunkuya: launin fata mai madaidaicin haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta vyakti: medium-fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló ember: közepesen világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): fyrirgefðu: meðalljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye na-ehulata ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha-ndịna etiti
- Irish (ga): duine ag umhlú: ton cnis mheánach-gheal
- Javanese (jv): wong mbungkuk ngurmati: kulit putih langsep
- Kabyle (kab): amdan yettanez: tagwlimt taceɛlalt talemmast
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ಮಧ್ಯಮ-ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): иілген адам: 3-тері түрі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): يىلگەن ادام: 3-تەرى ءتۇرى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សឱនគោរព: សម្បុរសល្មម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuntu wunamye: ibara ry’uruhu rwera gahoro
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती बागवता: मध्यम-उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан адам: буудай жүздүү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Winaq k’o uk’ixb’alil: retal saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຄົນກົ້ມຂໍໂທດ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວປານກາງ
- Latvian (lv): cilvēks paklanās: vidēji gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña ch’a fâ scoaccin: carnaxon assæ ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkęs žmogus: vidutinio gymio
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjeca wósoba: srjejźnoswětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipend Persoun: mëttelhell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): човек кој се поклонува: тип на кожа 3
- Malay (ms): orang menunduk: ton kulit sederhana cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തല കുനിയ്‌ക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി: ഇടത്തരം തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): persuna tinkina: ton medju-ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेली व्यक्ती: मध्यम उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй хүн: бага зэргийн цайвар
- Māori (mi): tangata tuohu: kiri āhua māmā-waenga
- Nepali (ne): निहुरिरहेको व्यक्ति: छालाको प्रकार-३
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé De Baú Daun: Mídíọ́m-Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): motho yo a inamego: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga wa magareng
- Norwegian (no): bukker: hudtype 3
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkar: hudtype 3
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ମଧ୍ୟମ-ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama sagadu: toonii gogaa ifaa-gidduugaleessa
- Pashto (ps): شخص سر کښته کوي: غنمی-روښانه پوستکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੁਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਹਲਕਾ ਕਣਕਵੰਨਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکیا ہوئیا بندہ: ہلکی درمیانی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa runa: tunpa chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană care se înclină: ton semi‑deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna che s’enclina: pel mez clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach a’ cromadh: tòna meadhanach soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа која се клања: средње светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа која се клања: средње свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba koja se klanja: srednje svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba koja se klanja: srednje svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းယွမ်းၼွမ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၵမ်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): شخص جهڪندي: وچولي گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): හිස නවන පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-3
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa človek: stredne svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): oseba, ki se prikloni: srednje svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof fooraraya: jidh fudud oo dhexe
- Swahili (sw): mtu aliyeinama: ngozi nyeupe kiasi
- Tajik (tg): шахсе, ки хам шуда истодааст: ранги равшании миёнаи пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்பவர்: வகை 3
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుతున్న వ్యక్తి: మధ్యస్థంగా లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ አጎንቢሱ፦ ማእከላይ-ፈኲስ ቆርበት ዘለዎ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha punou: kili kelokelo
- Tswana (tn): motho a obega: letlalo le le bosweu jo bo mo magareng
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän adam: orta açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wosoba, kiž so pokłoni: srěnjoswětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): جھکے ہوئے شخص: جلد کی درمیانی -ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن كىشى: ئارا ئاچ تېرە رەڭگى
- Uzbek (uz): ta’zim qilayotgan odam: 3-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn ymgrymu: arlliw croen canolig-golau
- Wolof (wo): nit kuy sëgg-nuyoo: xeesaayu der bu xeereer
- Xhosa (xh): umntu ogobayo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo phakathi
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹni N Tẹriba: amọ́lára díẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛni N Tɛriba: amɔ́lára díɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu othobile: uhlobo-3

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+1F3FC` |
| HTML | `🙇🏼` |
| CSS | `\1F647\1F3FC` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{1F3FC}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\U0001F3FC` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 F0 9F 8F BC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 D83C DFFC` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%F0%9F%8F%BC` |

## 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 medium-light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

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

🙇🏼 is the 🙇 person bowing emoji with medium-light skin tone. It's 🙇 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F647 U+1F3FC.

### How do I type 🙇🏼?

Find 🙇 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person 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. 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-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji