What does 🤲 mean?
Palms up together: prayer, asking, offering – many Muslim users use it for dua.
Its official Unicode name is PALMS UP TOGETHER and its CLDR short name is "palms up together" (in Hungarian: "felfelé fordított tenyerek"). It belongs to the People & Body group and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- cupped
- dua
- hands
- palms
- pray
- prayer
- together
- up
- wish
In Hungarian: ima, imádkozik, imádság, kér, kéz, kezek, koldul, könyörgés, könyörög, köszönet
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+1F932. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- PALMS UP TOGETHER
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- felfelé fordított tenyerek
- English name (CLDR)
- palms up together
- Emoji version
- Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Group
- People & Body · hands
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :palms_up_together:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤲 emoji mean?
Palms up together: prayer, asking, offering – many Muslim users use it for dua.
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 "cupped".
When was the 🤲 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017).
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.