What does 🙏 mean?
Folded hands: thank you, please, prayer or hoping. It isn't a high five, though many read it that way.
Its official Unicode name is PERSON WITH FOLDED HANDS and its CLDR short name is "folded hands" (in Hungarian: "összetett kéz"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- appreciate
- ask
- beg
- blessed
- bow
- cmon
- five
- folded
- gesture
- hand
In Hungarian: ima, imádkozik, kér, kérés, kérlek, kéz, könyörög, köszi, köszönet, köszönöm
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🙏 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F64F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- PERSON WITH FOLDED HANDS
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- összetett kéz
- English name (CLDR)
- folded hands
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- People & Body · hands
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :pray:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 🙏 emoji mean?
Folded hands: thank you, please, prayer or hoping. It isn't a high five, though many read it that way.
How do I type the 🙏 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "appreciate".
When was the 🙏 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Does 🙏 come in skin tones?
Yes, it comes in five skin tones: your device adds a Unicode skin tone modifier (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) after the emoji. You can copy all five variants above.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.