The folded hands: light skin tone emoji is the internet’s Swiss Army knife for gratitude, politeness, and desperate last-minute favors. It signals “thank you,” “please,” and “I’m manifesting this” all at once—perfect for texting your friend who rescued your coffee order or begging the Wi‑Fi gods to behave. It can read earnest (thoughts and prayers), playful (pls send pizza), or even slightly dramatic (my GPA needs a miracle). Some folks still joke it’s a high five, which fuels a never-ending meme of “not a high five, Brad.”
On Apple devices, you’ll spot two pale‑peach hands pressed together, thumbs side by side, fingers aligned and pointing straight up. The wrists wear neat blue sleeve cuffs, and there’s a gentle gradient with a subtle shadow line between the palms that makes it feel 3D and tidy. No face, no fuss—just a centered, front-facing gesture that looks respectful and composed.
Culturally, it often carries a Namaste vibe (hello/thank you/respect in South Asian contexts) and echoes Japan’s gasshō for apology or request—so it can say “sorry,” “please,” or “much appreciated” without typing a paragraph. Online, it powers “prayer circle” tweets, gratitude posts, and tongue‑in‑cheek pleas like “🙏🏻 for concert tickets” or “🙏🏻 my package arrives today.” Pair it with ✨ for extra manifesting energy or drop it after a favor to soften the ask—instant polite mode.
The Person with Folded Hands emoji combined with the White flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the white skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 2029 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | White Person with Folded Hands |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🙏🏻 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🙏🏻 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🙏 🏻 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🙏 🏻 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f64f, 1f3fb |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F64F, U+1F3FB |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128591, 127995 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x8F, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 99 8F, F0 9F 8F BB |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 231 217, 360 237 217 273 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE4F, 0xD83C 0xDFFB |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde4f, d83cdffb |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56911, 55356 57339 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F64F 0x0001F3FB |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F64F, 01F3FB |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128591, 127995 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F64F\U0001F3FB" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x99\x8f\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE4F\uD83C\uDFFB" |
