# 🧎 Person kneeling emoji

🧎 Person kneeling is an emoji in the people doing things set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: kneel and knees.

- Emoji: 🧎
- Unicode name: person kneeling
- Code points: U+1F9CE
- Category: People & body, People doing things
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :kneeling_person:
- Keywords: kneel, kneeling, knees, person
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-emoji

## What it means

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.

## Skin tones

- 🧎🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FB
- 🧎🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FC
- 🧎🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FD
- 🧎🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FE
- 🧎🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9CE U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🧎

- 🧎‍♂️ [Man kneeling](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-emoji.md)
- 🧎‍♀️ [Woman kneeling](https://emojichart.com/woman-kneeling-emoji.md)
- 🧎‍➡️ [Person kneeling facing right](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-facing-right-emoji.md)
- 🧎‍♀️‍➡️ [Woman kneeling facing right](https://emojichart.com/woman-kneeling-facing-right-emoji.md)
- 🧎‍♂️‍➡️ [Man kneeling facing right](https://emojichart.com/man-kneeling-facing-right-emoji.md)

## 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | persona de rodillas | arrodillada, arrodillado, arrodillarse, de rodillas, persona de rodillas |
| Français (fr) | personne à genoux | à genoux, personne à genoux, prière, religion |
| Deutsch (de) | kniende Person | Fersensitz, knien, kniend, kniende Person, Meditation, meditieren, Mensch, Person, Seiza, Zazen |
| Italiano (it) | persona inginocchiata | in ginocchio, inginocchiarsi, meditare, meditazione, persona, persona inginocchiata |
| Português (pt) | pessoa ajoelhando | ajoelhado, ajoelhar, joelhos, pedir, pessoa, por favor |
| Nederlands (nl) | knielende persoon | knieën, knielen, knielend, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | knäsittande person | knäsittande, knästående person, på knäna |
| Polski (pl) | klęcząca osoba | klęcząca osoba, klęczeć, klęczki, kolana, na kolanach |
| Türkçe (tr) | diz çöken kişi | diz çöken, diz çöken kişi, diz çökme, dizler |
| Русский (ru) | человек на коленях | йога, колени, на коленях, сидеть, человек, человек на коленях |
| Українська (uk) | людина навколішках | коліна, людина навколішках, на колінах, навколішках, опускатися навколішки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο που γονατίζει | άτομο που γονατίζει, γονατίζω, γονατιστός, στα γόνατα |
| العربية (ar) | شخص جالس على ركبتيه | تشهد, ركبة, ركبتان, ركبتين, ركوع, شخص, شخص جالس على ركبتيه, صلاة, طفل, على ركبتين, يصلي |
| עברית (he) | אדם כורע ברך | אדם כורע ברך, כריעה, כריעת ברך, לכרוע ברך |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم زانوزده | آدم زانوزده, دو زانو, دو زانو نشستن, دوزانو, روی زانو, زانو زدن, زانوزده, زانوها |
| हिन्दी (hi) | घुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्ति | घुटने टेक, घुटने टेककर, घुटनों के बल, घुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्ति, ध्यान, नमाज़, प्रार्थना, साधना |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলা | মানুষ, হাঁটু গেড়ে, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলা, হাঁটুতে ভর দিয়ে বসা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berlutut | berlutut, bersimpuh, bertelut, dengkul, lutut, orang berlutut, simpuh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người quỳ | đang quỳ, người quỳ, quỳ, quỳ gối |
| ไทย (th) | คนกำลังคุกเข่า | คน, คุกเข่า, นั่ง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 正座する人 | ひざまずく, 人, 座る, 正座する人 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 무릎을 꿇은 사람 | 무릎을 꿇은, 무릎을 꿇은 사람 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 下跪者 | 下跪, 下跪者, 跪下, 跪坐 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 跪著的人 | 人, 跪, 跪下, 跪著的人 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat kniel
- Akan (ak): Obi abu nkotodwe
- Albanian (sq): person në gjunjë
- Amharic (am): ሰው ተንበርክኮ
- Armenian (hy): ծնկաչոք անձ
- Assamese (as): আঠুকাঢ়ি থকা ব্যক্তি
- Azerbaijani (az): dizi üstündə adam
- Bashkir (ba): тубыҡланған кеше
- Basque (eu): belauniko dagoen pertsona
- Belarusian (be): чалавек на каленях
- Bosnian (bs): osoba kleči
- Breton (br): den daoulinet
- Bulgarian (bg): коленичил човек
- Burmese (my): ဒူးထောက်ထားသူ
- Cantonese (yue): 跪嘅人
- Catalan (ca): persona agenollada
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏕᏥᎾᏆᎾ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 跪係度嘅人
- Chuvash (cv): чӗркуҫленсе ларнӑ ҫын
- Croatian (hr): osoba kleči
- Czech (cs): klečící osoba
- Danish (da): knælende person
- Estonian (et): põlvitav inimene
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa de joelhos
- Faroese (fo): persónur á knæ
- Filipino (fil): taong nakaluhod
- Finnish (fi): polvistuva ihminen
- Galician (gl): persoa axeonllada
- Georgian (ka): დაჩოქილი ადამიანი
- Gujarati (gu): ઘૂંટણ વાળીને બેસેલી વ્યક્તિ
- Hausa (ha): mutum a durƙushe
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): knees par baitha vyakti
- Hungarian (hu): térdelő ember
- Icelandic (is): krjúpandi manneskja
- Igbo (ig): onye gbu ikpere n’ala
- Irish (ga): duine ar a ghlúine
- Javanese (jv): wong timpuh
- Kannada (kn): ಮಂಡಿಯೂರಿ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): тізерлеп отырған адам
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تىزەرلەپ وتىرعان ادام
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សលុតជង្គង់
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती दिमयेर बसला
- Kyrgyz (ky): тизелеген адам
- Lao (lo): ​ຄົນ​ຄຸ​ເຂົ່າ
- Latvian (lv): persona uz ceļiem
- Lithuanian (lt): klūpantis žmogus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kólenkujuca wósoba
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое клечи
- Malay (ms): orang bersimpuh
- Malayalam (ml): മുട്ടുകുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി
- Marathi (mr): गुडघे टेकलेली व्यक्ती
- Mongolian (mn): сөхөрч суусан хүн
- Nepali (ne): मानिस घुँडा टेकिरहेको
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Níl Daun
- Norwegian (no): person som kneler
- Odia (or): ଆଣ୍ଠେଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି
- Oromo (om): nama jilbeeffate
- Pashto (ps): شخص چوکېږي
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੋਡਿਆਂ ਭਾਰ ਬੈਠਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ
- Quechua (qu): qunqurisqa runa
- Romanian (ro): persoană în genunchi
- Romansh (rm): persuna en schanuglias
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach air a ghlùinean
- Serbian (sr): особа клечи
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba kleči
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶုပ်ႉၶဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): گوڏن ڀر ويٺل ماڻهو
- Sinhala (si): දණ ගසන පුද්ගලයා
- Slovak (sk): kľačiaci človek
- Slovenian (sl): klečeča oseba
- Somali (so): qof jilbaha dhiganaya
- Swahili (sw): mtu aliyepiga magoti
- Tamil (ta): மண்டியிடுதல்
- Telugu (te): మోకాళ్లపై కూర్చున్న వ్యక్తి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ተንበርኪኹ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tūʻulutui
- Turkmen (tk): dyza çöken adam
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): klečaca wosoba
- Urdu (ur): گھٹنوں کے بل بیٹھا شخص
- Uzbek (uz): tiz choʻkkan odam
- Welsh (cy): person yn penlinio
- Yoruba (yo): ènìyàn kíkúnlẹ̀
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ènìyàn kíkúnlɛ̀
- Zulu (zu): umuntu oguqile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-emoji