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Previously displayed with&nbsp;a gendered appearance, now shown as <a href="/neutral/">gender neutral</a> on most platforms.

previously-gendered

A person bowing deeply which is known as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogeza" target="_blank" title="Dogeza on Wikipedia">dogeza</a> in Japan. Used to express a sincere apology,&nbsp;or to request a large favour.

Many variations of this&nbsp;emoji are misinterpreted as a person doing push-ups, lying down to have&nbsp;a massage, or doing a cute &quot;head resting on hands&quot; gesture.

Person Bowing Deeply

Man Bowing

Woman Bowing

A yellow face with smiling eyes, closed smile, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)">halo</a>, usually blue, overhead. Often represents angels, <a href="/folded-hands/">prayers</a>, and blessings. May also convey angelic behavior, e.g., doing good deeds. See also <a href="/baby-angel/">👼&nbsp;Baby Angel</a>.

Several platforms, including Apple, feature&nbsp;an&nbsp;expression similar to their <a href="/smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😊&nbsp;Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes.</a>

Smiling Face with Halo

A yellow face with its right hand saluting. Used as a sign of respect.

The expression of the face of this emoji can vary across platforms, with some designs featuring a <a href="/neutral-face">neutral</a> face while others are shown smiling to various degrees.&nbsp;

Apple and Huewai&#39;s designs notably only display half a face, likely to make the saluting hand more prominent when this emoji is viewed in smaller sizes.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji went viral across Twitter in late 2022 following the&nbsp;news that the platform would be dramatically reducing its staff numbers as part of a company-wide restructuring following its acquisition by Elon Musk. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/10-years-of-viral-emoji-moments/">Learn more here.</a></div>

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Saluting Face

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows, a small frown, and large, &ldquo;puppy dog&rdquo; eyes, as if begging, pleading, or yearning (possibly even in a&nbsp;<a href="/nsfw">NSFW</a> manner, depending on the context). May also represent adoration or feeling touched&nbsp;by a loving gesture.

Huawei&#39;s design for this emoji includes a pair of&nbsp;<a href="/folded-hands">🙏 Folded Hands</a>.

At its peak the Pleading Face was&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/a-new-king-pleading-face/">the&nbsp;third most popular emoji used on Twitter</a>, and was the most commonly found emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">in tweets that include hearts</a>. Used in sequence with pointing hands to indicate a bashful or shy pose (🥺👉👈)&nbsp;<a href="/tiktok/">particularly on TikTok</a>.

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Face with Pleading Eyes

A fist displayed in a&nbsp;position to punch someone, or to fist-bump another person.

Shown as a right hand on all supported platforms. An equivalent left-handed version does not exist.

Fisted Hand Sign

Two hands raised in the air, celebrating success or another joyous event.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/raising-hands/">Originally&nbsp;animated</a> to show hands being raised, as might be done along with the the exclamation&nbsp;Banzai!&nbsp;in Japan. Now more commonly only shows the hands in the air.

Person Raising Both Hands in Celebration

Two hands performing a handshake gesture, indicating a&nbsp;cordial greeting between friends or associates.

As of late 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations, this emoji design has multiple <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">skin tone modifier</a> options. Certain platforms did, however, support a small number of single skin tone options for the handshake emoji prior to 2021 (e.g. both <a href="/google/android-7.1/new/">Google</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/new/">Samsung</a> in 2017).&nbsp;<a href="/handshakes/">View all handshake emojis</a>.

Handshake

Two hands placed firmly together, meaning please&nbsp;or&nbsp;thank you&nbsp;in Japanese culture.&nbsp;A common alternative use&nbsp;for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as&nbsp;praying hands. It can also represent&nbsp;a respectful greeting or show of adoration many in Southeast Asian religions and cultures, such as the Hindu namaste or Buddhist a&ntilde;jali mudra.

Rarely used as&nbsp;a&nbsp;high-five, despite often being suggested as one by emoji keyboard search features. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-folded-hands/">More about this emoji and its possible meanings</a>.

A previous&nbsp;version of this&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;displayed a <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Apple iOS 6.0">yellow burst of light behind the two hands</a>&nbsp;on iOS. Android once&nbsp;showed a blob-character with <a href="/google/android-5.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Google Android 5.0">closed eyes and folded hands</a>.

Person with Folded Hands

A baby with a halo and wings. Can represent a sweet baby, a biblical cherub, a mythological cupid, a decorative putto, or an angel as a supernatural being in general. This emoji can&nbsp;be used earnestly or&nbsp;in a tongue-in-cheek way to talk about goodness or innocence.

It is often used to express affection for people, especially children at birth or, more sadly, after death. This emoji pops up in <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-baby-angel/">a large variety&nbsp;of contexts</a> ranging from innocence, love, Valentine&#39;s Day, positive feelings like gratitude, and the Christian faith, especially during <a href="/christmas">Christmas</a>.

See also <a href="/baby/">👶 Baby</a>.

Baby Angel

A person getting his or her&nbsp;face massaged.

Apple&rsquo;s artwork&nbsp;for this character shows more of a head massage. Google and Microsoft display a more accurate face massage, with hands rubbing the cheeks&nbsp;and face.

Face Massage

The male version of the <a href="/person-getting-massage/">💆&nbsp;Face Massage</a> emoji.

Man Getting Massage

The female version of the <a href="/person-getting-massage">💆 Face Massage</a> emoji.

Woman Getting Massage

A church building, generally associated with Christian denominations. In addition quiet&nbsp;<a href="/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands">prayer</a>, churches hold regular&nbsp;<a href="/raising-hands/" title="🙌 Person Raising Both Hands In Celebration">worship</a> services, <a href="/wedding/" title="💒 Wedding">weddings</a>, <a href="/baby/" title="👶 Baby">baptisms</a> and funerals.

Church

A Hindu temple or mandir;&nbsp;a place of worship for followers of Hinduism. Depicted on most platforms as a red, orange, or golden building with a tall spire.

Hindu Temple

A synague; a place of worship for followers of Judaism. Displayed with a <a href="/dotted-six-pointed-star/" title="🔯 Six Pointed Star With Middle Dot">Star of David</a> on the front.

Synagogue

A cube-shaped building located at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba">centre</a> of the Al-Masjid al-Haram <a href="/mosque/" title="🕌 Mosque">Mosque</a> in Mecca.

Kaaba

A crescent moon, as in its <a href="/waxing-crescent-moon/">waxing crescent</a> phase. Depicts the moon as a thin, golden crescent, curving to the right and not displaying the remaining outline of the moon.

May be used for the moon more generally and saying good night. May be used in association with <a href="/star-and-crescent/">☪️&nbsp;Star and Crescent</a>, a popular but&nbsp;unofficial symbol of Islam.

As of March 2019, sending&nbsp;this emoji over Facebook&nbsp;Messenger <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/this-emoji-actives-messenger-dark-mode/">activates&nbsp;dark mode</a>.

See also <a href="/waxing-crescent-moon/">🌒&nbsp;Waxing Crescent Moon</a>.

Google&rsquo;s moon <a href="/google/gmail/crescent-moon/">once</a> resembled a waning crescent moon, <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/crescent-moon/">Twitter</a> and <a href="/facebook/1.0/crescent-moon/">Facebook&#39;s</a>&nbsp;moons were&nbsp;previously silver.

Crescent Moon

Ornamental Japanese Emperor and Empress dolls, as displayed in celebration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a> on March 3 in Japan (Girls&rsquo; or Dolls&rsquo; Day).

<a href="http://mandel59.hateblo.jp/entry/2016/03/04/041437">Generally depicted</a> as a Japanese Emperor (left, in blue, holding a scepter) and Empress (right, in red, holding a fan) in ceremonial court dress and seated on a tatami.

When not applied to Hinamatsuri, sometimes used to represent Japan, dolls, a pair of people (as a couple or two friends), and for various idiosyncratic purposes.

Japanese Dolls

A building used for worship by people of any faith or religion. Examples include a <a href="/church/" title="⛪ Church">church</a>, <a href="/mosque/" title="🕌 Mosque">mosque</a>, or <a href="/synagogue/" title="🕍 Synagogue">synagogue</a>. A person is shown on their knees praying, in this symbol.

Multi-faith places of worship are commonly found at <a href="/airplane/" title="✈️ Airplane">airports</a>.

Place of Worship

The crescent moon and star is a&nbsp;symbol often associated with the religion of&nbsp;Islam. This symbol can be found on the&nbsp;flags of many countries, such as <a href="/flag-algeria/" title="🇩🇿 Flag for Algeria">Algeria</a>, <a href="/flag-azerbaijan/" title="🇦🇿 Flag for Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/flag-malaysia/" title="🇲🇾 Flag for Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/flag-pakistan/" title="🇵🇰 Flag for Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and <a href="/flag-turkey/" title="🇹🇷 Flag for Turkey">Turkey</a>.

Star and Crescent

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Person Bowing: Light Skin Tone

Person Bowing: Medium-Light Skin Tone

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Person Bowing: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Person Bowing: Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

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