On Apple, the light skin tone folded hands emoji shows two pale‑peach hands pressed together, fingers straight up and thumbs aligned side by side. The wrists wear crisp blue cuffs, and a gentle gradient plus a slim shadow line between the palms gives it a tidy, slightly 3D feel. It’s centered, front‑facing, and composed—no face, no extras, just the gesture.
Culturally, it often reads as Namaste (a hello/thank‑you/respect cue in South Asian contexts) and mirrors Japan’s gasshō for apology or request, so it can communicate “sorry,” “please,” or “much appreciated” without a whole paragraph. Online, it powers “prayer circle” posts, gratitude notes, and tongue‑in‑cheek pleas like “🙏🏻 for concert tickets” or “🙏🏻 my package arrives today.” Pair it with ✨ to ramp up the manifesting vibe, or drop it after an ask to soften the tone—instant polite mode.
In everyday chats, this emoji is a multitool for gratitude, politeness, and last‑minute hopes: it covers “thank you,” “please,” and “I’m manifesting this” all at once. Perfect for praising a friend who saved your coffee order, or for appealing to the Wi‑Fi gods. It can come off sincere (thoughts and prayers), playful (pls send pizza), or a bit dramatic (my GPA needs a miracle). Some people still insist it’s a high five, fueling the eternal meme: “not a high five, Brad.”
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" |
