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Folded Hands

🙏 is folded hands. It means please, thank you or prayer; in Japan it can also mean an apology. It is not a high five.

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Skin tones

Every tone means the same thing. Tap one to copy it or open its page.

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

Tone

GratefulIt reads as thanks, a request or prayer — and an apology in Japan.DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Common uses

DBEmoji editorial interpretation
  • Saying please or thank you
  • Prayers and well-wishes

Easy to misread

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Often read as prayer or thanks; in Japan it also reads as please or sorry. The “high five” reading is a popular myth, not the Unicode intent — the official name is folded hands.

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium
Unicode name
PERSON WITH FOLDED HANDS
CLDR short name
folded hands
Codepoint
U+1F64F
Hex
1F64F
Emoji version
0.6
Unicode version
6.0
First released
2010
Unicode group
People & Body
Unicode subgroup
hands
Status
Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:pray:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

appreciate · ask · beg · blessed · bow · cmon · five · folded · gesture · hand · high · please · pray · thanks · thx

Tags

handgesturefivebowhighthanksaskbegpleasepray

How it looks

Folded Hands — Fluent 3D
Fluent 3D
Folded Hands — Fluent Color
Fluent Color
Folded Hands — Fluent Flat
Fluent Flat
Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🙏. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🙏 folded hands emoji mean?
🙏 is folded hands. It means please, thank you or prayer; in Japan it can also mean an apology. It is not a high five.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🙏?
U+1F64F, named PERSON WITH FOLDED HANDS in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🙏 folded hands emoji released?
It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🙏 on my phone or computer?
On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “folded hands”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🙏 from this page with one click.
Does 🙏 come in different skin tones?
Yes. There are 5 skin-tone versions: 🙏🏻 🙏🏼 🙏🏽 🙏🏾 🙏🏿. They all mean the same thing; long-press 🙏 on a phone keyboard to pick one.
What is the shortcode for 🙏?
On GitHub, type :pray: and it turns into 🙏 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
Is 🙏 ever misunderstood?
Often read as prayer or thanks; in Japan it also reads as please or sorry. The “high five” reading is a popular myth, not the Unicode intent — the official name is folded hands.