🧏🏾
deaf person: medium-dark skin tone
Unicode: 1F9CF 1F3FE
Description
A person kneeling, a posture of reverence, prayer, or submission, with dark skin tone.
Group:
People & Body > person-gesture
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Can convey humility, respect, prayer, supplication, surrender, or a request for forgiveness.
Backstory
The kneeling person emoji (1F9CF) was added to Unicode in version 12.0 (2019). The skin tone modifier (1F3FE) was added later to allow for more inclusive representation.
Usage Examples
- Praying: 'Praying for peace 🙏🏽🧎🏾♂️'
- Showing respect: 'Bowing down to the master 🧎🏾♀️'
- Proposing: 'Marry me? 💍🧎🏾'
- Showing humility: 'My deepest apologies 🧎🏾'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Often associated with prayer in Christianity, proposals (marriage), or showing deep respect.
East Asian culture:
Can represent prostration in Buddhist or other spiritual practices, deep apology, or traditional greetings.