🤲Praying emoji

🤲 Palms up together

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🤲 Emoji meaning

Hopefully everything will work out! Hope, prayer, request, sign language.

Table of Contents

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

🤲 Meaning

I'm praying that everything will go smoothly today or “Can you lend me some money please?“ The upturned palms represent a form of praying or asking for handouts. In American sign language, the symbol of an open book.

Examples

  • Please say yes! 🤲
  • Can you help me for a second? 🤲
  • I really hope it all works out. 🤲

Learn more about the meaning

Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Palms up together
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Open hands

Open hands vs palms up together; both show two open hands and can mean giving or receiving.

Palms up together
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Folded hands

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

Variants

Skin tones
Palms up together
Palms up together: light skin tone
Palms up together: medium-light skin tone
Palms up together: medium skin tone
Palms up together: medium-dark skin tone
Palms up together: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Palms up together” was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 and added to Emoji 5.0 .

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ cupped + dua + hands + palms + pray + together + up + wish

Keywords removed

- palms up together

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ palms up together

In the release of Emoji 4.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ prayer

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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  • In Islam, Muslims place their hands like this when praying (making dua).

  • Symbolizes a blessing and protection given by Father Yahuah.

  • Also used as a sign of blessing, especially in India.

  • This message can also symbolize praying for someone or showing gratitude to God.