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🙏 Emoji meaning

I hope for a miracle! Prayer, thanks, high five, hope.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Variants
  4.  Emoji History
  5.  Similar Emojis
  6.  Platforms
  7.  Emoji Details
  8.  Comments

🙏 Meaning

Two hands pressed together. Is currently very introverted, saying a prayer, or hoping for enlightenment. Is also used as a “high five” or to say thank you.

Examples

  • Thanks for your help. 🙏
  • Please let this work out today! 🙏
  • Can you keep your fingers crossed for me? 🙏

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Folded hands
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Palms up together

Palms up vs folded hands; both used to represent prayer or supplication.

Folded hands
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Handshake

Handshake vs folded hands; both signal agreement, trust, or mutual support.

Same Emotion

Folded hands
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Handshake

Folded hands vs handshake; both can be used as thanks, request, or agreement gestures.

Same Shape

Folded hands
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Raising hands

Raising hands vs folded hands; both can be used to thank or praise, especially in religious contexts.

Folded hands
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Clapping hands

Folded hands vs clapping; both used to show gratitude, thanks, or respect.

Folded hands
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Folded hands: dark skin tone

Default folded hands vs dark-skinned variant; base emoji and tone-modified forms are easily mixed.

Folded hands
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Person bowing

Person bowing vs folded hands; both express apology, respect, or prayer in many cultures.

Variants

Skin tones
Folded hands
Folded hands: light skin tone
Folded hands: medium-light skin tone
Folded hands: medium skin tone
Folded hands: medium-dark skin tone
Folded hands: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Folded hands” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ appreciate + beg + blessed + bow + cmon + five + folded + gesture + high + thx

Keywords removed

- folded hands - high 5 - high five

In the release of Emoji 13.1 and Unicode 13.0 in 2020 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ high 5 + high five

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- bow - folded - gesture

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ folded hands

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ ask + bow + folded + gesture + hand + please + pray + thanks

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- ask - folded - please - pray - thanks

Similar emojis from "Hands and Body Parts"

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Hands and Body Parts
👋 Waving hand 🤚 Raised back of hand 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed ✋ Raised hand 🖖 Vulcan salute 🫱 Rightwards hand 🫲 Leftwards hand 🫴 Palm up hand 🫳 Palm down hand 🫷 Leftwards pushing hand 🫸 Rightwards pushing hand 👌 OK hand 🤌 Pinched fingers 🤏 Pinching hand ✌️ Victory hand 🤞 Crossed fingers 🫰 Hand with index finger and thumb crossed 🤟 Love-you gesture 🤘 Sign of the horns 🤙 Call me hand 👈 Backhand index pointing left 👉 Backhand index pointing right 👆 Backhand index pointing up 🖕 Middle finger 👇 Backhand index pointing down ☝️ Index pointing up 🫵 Index pointing at the viewer 👍 Thumbs up 👎 Thumbs down 👊 Oncoming fist ✊ Raised fist 🤛 Left-facing fist 🤜 Right-facing fist 👏 Clapping hands 🙌 Raising hands 🫶 Heart hands 👐 Open hands 🤲 Palms up together 🤝 Handshake 🙏 Folded hands ✍️ Writing hand 💅 Nail polish 🤳 Selfie 💪 Flexed biceps 🦾 Mechanical arm 🦿 Mechanical leg 🦵 Leg 🦶 Foot 👂 Ear 🦻 Ear with hearing aid 👃 Nose 🧠 Brain 🫀 Anatomical heart 🫁 Lungs 🦷 Tooth 🦴 Bone 👀 Eyes 👁️ Eye 👅 Tongue 👄 Mouth 🫦 Biting lip 👣 Footprints 🫆 Fingerprint 🧬 Dna 🩸 Drop of blood
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Comments

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  • Praying for you and your situation. 🙏

  • Can also be used for greeting as it shows the greeting gesture “Namaste“.

  • Used to greet or express apology in the Southeast Asian region.

  • An emoji to say “Namaskar“ or to greet and thank someone great or a friend in India.

  • Also used to show that you are angry about chatting with them. For example, “I'm going to ask you to leave me.“

  • Worshipful, with joined hands, obviously used for religious things, but also when we are grateful to someone for something very special.

  • Can be used by an introvert as his/her favorite emoji.