# 🧎🏻 Person kneeling emoji: light skin tone

🧎🏻 is the person kneeling emoji (🧎) with light skin tone. It's 🧎 followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019.

- Emoji: 🧎🏻
- Unicode name: person kneeling: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9CE U+1F3FB
- Category: People & body, People doing things
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- Base emoji: [🧎 Person kneeling](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-light-skin-tone-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.

## Other skin tones

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

## What it's made of

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

1. 🧎 [Person kneeling](https://emojichart.com/person-kneeling-emoji.md) (U+1F9CE)
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 kneeling”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “person kneeling”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “person kneeling”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “person kneeling”, 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 de rodillas: tono de piel claro | arrodillada, arrodillado, arrodillarse, de rodillas, persona de rodillas, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | personne à genoux : peau claire | à genoux, peau claire, personne à genoux, prière, religion |
| Deutsch (de) | kniende Person: helle Hautfarbe | Fersensitz, helle Hautfarbe, knien, kniend, kniende Person, Meditation, meditieren, Mensch, Person, Seiza, Zazen |
| Italiano (it) | persona inginocchiata: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, in ginocchio, inginocchiarsi, meditare, meditazione, persona, persona inginocchiata |
| Português (pt) | pessoa ajoelhando: pele clara | ajoelhado, ajoelhar, joelhos, pedir, pele clara, pessoa, por favor |
| Nederlands (nl) | knielende persoon: lichte huidskleur | knieën, knielen, knielend, lichte huidskleur, persoon |
| Svenska (sv) | knäsittande person: ljus hy | knäsittande, knästående person, ljus hy, på knäna |
| Polski (pl) | klęcząca osoba: karnacja jasna | karnacja jasna, klęcząca osoba, klęczeć, klęczki, kolana, na kolanach |
| Türkçe (tr) | diz çöken kişi: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, diz çöken, diz çöken kişi, diz çökme, dizler |
| Русский (ru) | человек на коленях: очень светлый тон кожи | йога, колени, на коленях, очень светлый тон кожи, сидеть, человек, человек на коленях |
| Українська (uk) | людина навколішках: світлий тон шкіри | коліна, людина навколішках, на колінах, навколішках, опускатися навколішки, світлий тон шкіри |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άτομο που γονατίζει: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άτομο που γονατίζει, γονατίζω, γονατιστός, στα γόνατα |
| العربية (ar) | شخص جالس على ركبتيه: بشرة بلون فاتح | بشرة بلون فاتح, تشهد, ركبة, ركبتان, ركبتين, ركوع, شخص, شخص جالس على ركبتيه, صلاة, طفل, على ركبتين, يصلي |
| עברית (he) | אדם כורע ברך: גוון עור בהיר | אדם כורע ברך, גוון עור בהיר, כריעה, כריעת ברך, לכרוע ברך |
| فارسی (fa) | آدم زانوزده: پوست سفید | آدم زانوزده, پوست سفید, دو زانو, دو زانو نشستن, دوزانو, روی زانو, زانو زدن, زانوزده, زانوها |
| हिन्दी (hi) | घुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्ति: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, घुटने टेक, घुटने टेककर, घुटनों के बल, घुटनों के बल बैठा व्यक्ति, ध्यान, नमाज़, प्रार्थना, साधना |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলা: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | মানুষ, হাঁটু গেড়ে, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা, হাঁটু গেড়ে বসে থাকা মহিলা, হাঁটুতে ভর দিয়ে বসা, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orang berlutut: warna kulit cerah | berlutut, bersimpuh, bertelut, dengkul, lutut, orang berlutut, simpuh, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người quỳ: màu da sáng | đang quỳ, màu da sáng, người quỳ, quỳ, quỳ gối |
| ไทย (th) | คนกำลังคุกเข่า: โทนผิวสีขาว | คน, คุกเข่า, โทนผิวสีขาว, นั่ง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 正座する人: 薄い肌色 | ひざまずく, 人, 座る, 正座する人, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 무릎을 꿇은 사람: 하얀 피부 | 무릎을 꿇은, 무릎을 꿇은 사람, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 下跪者: 较浅肤色 | 下跪, 下跪者, 跪下, 跪坐, 较浅肤色 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 跪著的人：白皮膚 | 人, 白皮膚, 跪, 跪下, 跪著的人 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): persoon wat kniel: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): Obi abu nkotodwe: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): person në gjunjë: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ሰው ተንበርክኮ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): ծնկաչոք անձ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): আঠুকাঢ়ি থকা ব্যক্তি: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): dizi üstündə adam: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): тубыҡланған кеше: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): belauniko dagoen pertsona: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): чалавек на каленях: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): osoba kleči: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): коленичил човек: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ဒူးထောက်ထားသူ − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): personne à genoux : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 跪嘅人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 跪嘅人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): persona agenollada: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏴᏫ ᏕᏥᎾᏆᎾ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 跪係度嘅人：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): чӗркуҫленсе ларнӑ ҫын: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): osoba kleči: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): klečící osoba: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): knælende person: lys teint
- Estonian (et): põlvitav inimene: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pessoa de joelhos: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): persónur á knæ: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): taong nakaluhod: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): polvistuva ihminen: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): persoa axeonllada: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): დაჩოქილი ადამიანი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): ઘૂંટણ વાળીને બેસેલી વ્યક્તિ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mutum a durƙushe: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): knees par baitha vyakti: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): térdelő ember: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): krjúpandi manneskja: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): onye gbu ikpere n’ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): duine ar a ghlúine: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong timpuh: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): amdan ɣef tgecrar: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಮಂಡಿಯೂರಿ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): тізерлеп отырған адам: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تىزەرلەپ وتىرعان ادام: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): មនុស្សលុតជង្គង់: សម្បុរស
- Konkani (kok): व्यक्ती दिमयेर बसला: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): тизелеген адам: акжуумал
- Lao (lo): ​ຄົນ​ຄຸ​ເຂົ່າ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): persona uz ceļiem: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): persoña in zenoggion: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): klūpantis žmogus: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kólenkujuca wósoba: swětła barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): лице кое клечи: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): orang bersimpuh: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): മുട്ടുകുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): गुडघे टेकलेली व्यक्ती: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): сөхөрч суусан хүн: цайвар
- Nepali (ne): मानिस घुँडा टेकिरहेको: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́sin Wé Níl Daun: Laít Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): person som kneler: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ଆଣ୍ଠେଇଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): nama jilbeeffate: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): شخص چوکېږي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੋਡਿਆਂ ਭਾਰ ਬੈਠਾ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): qunqurisqa runa: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): persoană în genunchi: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): persuna en schanuglias: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): neach air a ghlùinean: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): особа клечи: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): особа клечи: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): osoba kleči: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): osoba kleči: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းၶုပ်ႉၶဝ်ႇ: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): گوڏن ڀر ويٺل ماڻهو: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): දණ ගසන පුද්ගලයා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): kľačiaci človek: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): klečeča oseba: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): qof jilbaha dhiganaya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mtu aliyepiga magoti: ngozi nyeupe
- Tamil (ta): மண்டியிடுதல்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): మోకాళ్లపై కూర్చున్న వ్యక్తి: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብ ተንበርኪኹ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tokotaha tūʻulutui: kili hinehina
- Turkmen (tk): dyza çöken adam: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): klečaca wosoba: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): گھٹنوں کے بل بیٹھا شخص: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): tiz choʻkkan odam: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): person yn penlinio: arlliw croen golau
- Yoruba (yo): ènìyàn kíkúnlẹ̀: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ènìyàn kíkúnlɛ̀: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umuntu oguqile: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CE U+1F3FB` |
| HTML | `🧎🏻` |
| CSS | `\1F9CE\1F3FB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CE}\u{1F3FB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CE\U0001F3FB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8E F0 9F 8F BB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCE D83C DFFB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8E%F0%9F%8F%BB` |

## Questions

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

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

🧎🏻 is the 🧎 person kneeling emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧎 followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 2 code points long: U+1F9CE U+1F3FB.

### How do I type 🧎🏻?

Find 🧎 in your emoji keyboard by searching “person kneeling”, 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+1F9CE U+1F3FB. In HTML you can write 🧎🏻

### When was 🧎🏻 added?

It was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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