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🧎U+1F9CE

Person kneeling emoji

A person down on one or both knees, seen from the side. It often accompanies kneeling in prayer, proposing, begging or pleading, and showing humble respect, apology or dramatic groveling.

Unicode name
person kneeling
Category
People & body, People doing things
Added
Emoji 12.0 in 2019
Code points
U+1F9CE
Shortcode
:kneeling_person:
Keywords
kneel, kneeling, knees, person

How it looks

🧎
Your device
Person kneeling emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Person kneeling emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Person kneeling emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

Emoji that include 🧎

How to type 🧎

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpersona de rodillasarrodillada, arrodillado, arrodillarse, de rodillas, persona de rodillas
Françaispersonne à genouxà genoux, personne à genoux, prière, religion
Deutschkniende PersonFersensitz, knien, kniend, kniende Person, Meditation, meditieren, Mensch, Person, Seiza, Zazen
Italianopersona inginocchiatain ginocchio, inginocchiarsi, meditare, meditazione, persona, persona inginocchiata
Portuguêspessoa ajoelhandoajoelhado, ajoelhar, joelhos, pedir, pessoa, por favor
Nederlandsknielende persoonknieën, knielen, knielend, persoon
Svenskaknäsittande personknäsittande, knästående person, på knäna
Polskiklęcząca osobaklęcząca osoba, klęczeć, klęczki, kolana, na kolanach
Türkçediz çöken kişidiz çöken, diz çöken kişi, diz çökme, dizler
Русскийчеловек на коленяхйога, колени, на коленях, сидеть, человек, человек на коленях
Українськалюдина навколішкахколіна, людина навколішках, на колінах, навколішках, опускатися навколішки
Ελληνικάάτομο που γονατίζειάτομο που γονατίζει, γονατίζω, γονατιστός, στα γόνατα
العربيةشخص جالس على ركبتيهتشهد, ركبة, ركبتان, ركبتين, ركوع, شخص, شخص جالس على ركبتيه, صلاة, طفل, على ركبتين, يصلي
עבריתאדם כורע ברךאדם כורע ברך, כריעה, כריעת ברך, לכרוע ברך
فارسیآدم زانوزدهآدم زانوزده, دو زانو, دو زانو نشستن, دوزانو, روی زانو, زانو زدن, زانوزده, زانوها
हिन्दीघुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्तिघुटने टेक, घुटने टेककर, घुटनों के बल, घुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्ति, ध्यान, नमाज़, प्रार्थना, साधना
বাংলাহাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলামানুষ, হাঁটু গেড়ে, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলা, হাঁটুতে ভর দিয়ে বসা
Bahasa Indonesiaorang berlututberlutut, bersimpuh, bertelut, dengkul, lutut, orang berlutut, simpuh
Tiếng Việtngười quỳđang quỳ, người quỳ, quỳ, quỳ gối
ไทยคนกำลังคุกเข่าคน, คุกเข่า, นั่ง
日本語正座する人ひざまずく, 人, 座る, 正座する人
한국어무릎을 꿇은 사람무릎을 꿇은, 무릎을 꿇은 사람
中文(简体)下跪者下跪, 下跪者, 跪下, 跪坐
中文(繁體)跪著的人人, 跪, 跪下, 跪著的人
Names in 84 more languages
Afrikaanspersoon wat kniel
AkanObi abu nkotodwe
Albanianperson në gjunjë
Amharicሰው ተንበርክኮ
Armenianծնկաչոք անձ
Assameseআঠুকাঢ়ি থকা ব্যক্তি
Azerbaijanidizi üstündə adam
Bashkirтубыҡланған кеше
Basquebelauniko dagoen pertsona
Belarusianчалавек на каленях
Bosnianosoba kleči
Bretonden daoulinet
Bulgarianколеничил човек
Burmeseဒူးထောက်ထားသူ
Cantonese跪嘅人
Catalanpersona agenollada
CherokeeᏴᏫ ᏕᏥᎾᏆᎾ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)跪係度嘅人
Chuvashчӗркуҫленсе ларнӑ ҫын
Croatianosoba kleči
Czechklečící osoba
Danishknælende person
Estonianpõlvitav inimene
European Portuguesepessoa de joelhos
Faroesepersónur á knæ
Filipinotaong nakaluhod
Finnishpolvistuva ihminen
Galicianpersoa axeonllada
Georgianდაჩოქილი ადამიანი
Gujaratiઘૂંટણ વાળીને બેસેલી વ્યક્તિ
Hausamutum a durƙushe
Hindi (Latin)knees par baitha vyakti
Hungariantérdelő ember
Icelandickrjúpandi manneskja
Igboonye gbu ikpere n’ala
Irishduine ar a ghlúine
Javanesewong timpuh
Kannadaಮಂಡಿಯೂರಿ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
Kazakhтізерлеп отырған адам
Kazakh (Arabic)تىزەرلەپ وتىرعان ادام
Khmerមនុស្សលុតជង្គង់
Konkaniव्यक्ती दिमयेर बसला
Kyrgyzтизелеген адам
Lao​ຄົນ​ຄຸ​ເຂົ່າ
Latvianpersona uz ceļiem
Lithuanianklūpantis žmogus
Lower Sorbiankólenkujuca wósoba
Macedonianлице кое клечи
Malayorang bersimpuh
Malayalamമുട്ടുകുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി
Marathiगुडघे टेकलेली व्यक्ती
Mongolianсөхөрч суусан хүн
Nepaliमानिस घुँडा टेकिरहेको
Nigerian PidginPẹ́sin Wé Níl Daun
Norwegianperson som kneler
Odiaଆଣ୍ଠେଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
Oromonama jilbeeffate
Pashtoشخص چوکېږي
Punjabiਗੋਡਿਆਂ ਭਾਰ ਬੈਠਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
Quechuaqunqurisqa runa
Romanianpersoană în genunchi
Romanshpersuna en schanuglias
Scottish Gaelicneach air a ghlùinean
Serbianособа клечи
Serbian (Latin)osoba kleči
Shanၵူၼ်းၶုပ်ႉၶဝ်ႇ
Sindhiگوڏن ڀر ويٺل ماڻهو
Sinhalaදණ ගසන පුද්ගලයා
Slovakkľačiaci človek
Slovenianklečeča oseba
Somaliqof jilbaha dhiganaya
Swahilimtu aliyepiga magoti
Tamilமண்டியிடுதல்
Teluguమోకాళ్లపై కూర్చున్న వ్యక్తి
Tigrinyaሰብ ተንበርኪኹ
Tongantokotaha tūʻulutui
Turkmendyza çöken adam
Upper Sorbianklečaca wosoba
Urduگھٹنوں کے بل بیٹھا شخص
Uzbektiz choʻkkan odam
Welshperson yn penlinio
Yorubaènìyàn kíkúnlẹ̀
Yoruba (Benin)ènìyàn kíkúnlɛ̀
Zuluumuntu oguqile

Codes

Code points
U+1F9CE
HTML
🧎
CSS
\1F9CE
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9CE}
Python
\U0001F9CE
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A7 8E
UTF-16
D83E DDCE
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A7%8E

Questions

What does the 🧎 person kneeling emoji mean?

A person down on one or both knees, seen from the side. It often accompanies kneeling in prayer, proposing, begging or pleading, and showing humble respect, apology or dramatic groveling.

How do I type the 🧎 emoji?

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

When was the 🧎 emoji added?

🧎 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

What is the Unicode code point for 🧎?

U+1F9CE. In HTML you can write 🧎, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9CE}.

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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