The man bowing: light skin tone (🙇🏻♂️) is your go-to “my deepest apologies” and “respect, king/queen” reaction, all in one dramatic kneel. It channels Japanese etiquette—think ojigi—with a touch of dogeza energy when you’ve really fumbled the bag. People drop it after big favors, to beg for mercy on deadlines, to salute a clutch play, or ironically when the inconvenience was, like, a 2 out of 10. It also doubles as the classic “I’m not worthy” meme moment (Wayne’s World vibes) and the timid “please senpai notice me” in fandom chats.
On Apple/iOS, the man has short dark hair and a blue top, bent forward almost 90 degrees with forehead nearly to the floor, hands planted in front—front-facing, clean lines, and that unmistakable humbled pose. The light skin tone modifier makes the face and hands pale, which stands out against the deep-blue shirt and simple shading. It reads as apologetic, deferential, or theatrically respectful—perfect when you over-apologize for double-texting or want to end an argument with a humble bow. Use it to seal a thank-you, acknowledge a skill flex, or playfully grovel when you’ve been caught red-handed.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 3333 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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 |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 11 - Current |
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| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🙇🏻♂️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 5 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🙇🏻♂️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🙇 🏻 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🙇 🏻 ‍ ♂ ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f647, 1f3fb, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F647, U+1F3FB, U+200D, U+2642, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128583, 127995, 8205, 9794, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x99 0x87, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBB, 0xE2 0x80 0x8D, 0xE2 0x99 0x82, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 99 87, F0 9F 8F BB, E2 80 8D, E2 99 82, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 231 207, 360 237 217 273, 342 200 215, 342 231 202, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDE47, 0xD83C 0xDFFB, 0x200D, 0x2642, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83dde47, d83cdffb, 200d, 2642, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56903, 55356 57339, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F647 0x0001F3FB 0x0000200D 0x00002642 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F647, 01F3FB, 200D, 2642, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128583, 127995, 8205, 9794, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F647\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x99\x87\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbb\xe2\x80\x8d\xe2\x99\x82\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDE47\uD83C\uDFFB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F" |