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="/nl/apple/ios-6.0/gevouwen-handen/" 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="/nl/google/android-5.0/gevouwen-handen/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Google Android 5.0">closed eyes and folded hands</a>.

Gevouwen Handen

A black&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 6 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;Deeply pigmented dark brown to black

Donkere Huidskleur

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Emojipedia

Discord

Gevouwen Handen: Lichte Huidskleur

Gevouwen Handen: Lichtgetinte Huidskleur

Gevouwen Handen: Getinte Huidskleur

Gevouwen Handen: Donkergetinte Huidskleur

Gevouwen Handen: Donkere Huidskleur

Gebruikt door Apple-apparaten (iPhone, iPad, Mac) als er emoji&#39;s worden vertoond.&nbsp; Wordt ook gebruikt door Telegram-messenger

Apple

Standaard emoji-set voor Android-apparaten gemaakt door Google en gebruikt op apparaten van Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony en vele anderen

Google Noto Color Emoji

Aangepaste emoji-set gebruikt op Samsung telefoons en tablets

Samsung

Gebruikt op Microsoft PC&#39;s. Windows 11 gebruikt de Fluent-set. De laatste update voor Windows 10 was in mei 2019.

Microsoft

Gebruikt op WhatsApp voor Android en PC. WhatsApp op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

WhatsApp

Gebruikt op Twitter voor Android en PC. Ook gebruikt door Discord en Mastodon. Twitter op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

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Twitter / X

Gebruikt op Facebook voor Android en PC. Niet gebruikt op Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp en Instagram-platforms. Facebook op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

Facebook

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

Huawei

Aangepaste emoj- set gebruikt op LG-apparaten. Gestopt tussen 2017 en 2020, vervangen door Noto Color Emoji, maar dan opnieuw opgepakt in 2021 voor LG&rsquo;s laatste mobiele apparaat.

Geanimeerde versies van Google&rsquo;s Noto Color emoji-ontwerpen, gebruikt door Google Messenger

Noto Color Emoji, Animated

Zeer gedetailleerde emoji-set gebruitk door Twitter&rsquo;s Statusfunctie en binnen de tweet afbeeldings-editor op Android devices

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Een licentieerbare emoji-ontwerpset. Vroeger EmojiOne genaamd.

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JoyPixels

Een aangepaste emoji ontwerpset gebruikt door Koreaans fintech-platform Toss

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Gebruikt op PlayStation 5 en PlayStation 4 binnen de berichtenfunctie van de apparaten

Sony Playstation

Een open-source emoji ontwerpset door de HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Ontwerpuniversiteit) in Duitsland

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

Een open-source emoji ontwerpset bestaande uit emoji-ontwerpen ingediend door gebruikers

emojidex

Voormalig gebruikt door Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger-platform. Gestopt in 2017, vervangen door de vlaggenschip Facebook emoji-set.

Messenger

New emojis from Apple for 2023&nbsp;available as part of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS 13.3.

iOS 16.4

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Clubhouse

Docomo

Dropbox

Emojipedia Sample Images

GitHub

Instagram

JoyPixels Animations

LinkedIn

Mastodon

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Mozilla

MSN Messenger

Nintendo

Noto Emoji Font

Roblox

SerenityOS

Signal

Sina Weibo

Skype

Slack

Snapchat

SoftBank

Telegram

TikTok

Tinder

Twitch

Viber

VinSmart

WeChat

Yahoo! Messenger

Yo Status

YouTube

Zoom

Australia Day

Bastille Day

Birthday

Black Friday

Black Lives Matter

Canada Day

Carnaval

Chinese New Year

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Cinco de Mayo

Coronavirus

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Diwali

Dragon Boat Festival

Earth Day

Easter

Emoji Movie

Fall / Autumn

Families

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Festivus

Four Twenty / 420

Gestures

Graduation

Guy Fawkes

Halloween

Handshakes

Hanukkah

Happy

Hearts

Holi

Independence Day

International Women's Day

Jobs & Roles

Juneteenth

Kisses

Laughing

LGBT Pride

Love

Mardi Gras

MLB World Series

Mother’s Day

Music

New Year’s Eve

NSFW

Olympics

People Holding Hands

Pets

Purim

Queen’s Birthday

Ramadan

Spring

St Patrick’s Day

Summer

Super Bowl

Thanksgiving

Valentine’s Day

Veterans Day

Wedding / Marriage

Winter

Winter Olympics

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Flags

The flaky, golden-brown&nbsp;<a href="/crescent-moon/" title="🌙 Crescent Moon">crescent&nbsp;</a>of a croissant, a breakfast pastry associated with <a href="/flag-france/" title="🇫🇷 Flag For France">France&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="/flag-austria/" title="🇦🇹 Flag For Austria">Austria</a>.

The croissant emoji <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@washingtonpost/video/7185665025246432558?lang=en">went viral on Tiktok</a> in January 2023.

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Croissant

A wedge of yellow-orange cheese with holes, like a Swiss, but used for the food in general. May be used for various cheese-related slang expressions (e.g., &ldquo;cheesy,&rdquo; &ldquo;say cheese,&rdquo; &ldquo;big cheese&rdquo;).

Cheese Wedge

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;FR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: France

The long, thin loaf of a baguette, with scoring on its golden-brown crust. A bread commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="/flag-france/">France</a>.&nbsp;May also be used to denote financial success, as per the slang term &quot;<a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/let-s-get-this-bread">let&#39;s get this bread</a>&quot;.

Baguette Bread

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria">Austria</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;AT&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Austria

Strips of crispy, fatty, reddish-brown bacon, as fried for breakfast. Depicted as a pair on most platforms.

Bacon

A loaf of white or wheat bread, as before it is sliced for toast or sandwiches. May also be used to denote financial success, as per the slang term &quot;<a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/let-s-get-this-bread">let&#39;s get this bread</a>&quot;.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bread/">previously</a> resembled a&nbsp;<a href="/baguette-bread/">🥖 Baguette</a>.

Bread

A baked dish with a pastry crust, filled with sweet or savory ingredients. Appearance widely varies by platform.

Apple depicts a whole pie in a tin, its crimped crust scored to let out steam. WhatsApp and Twitter&#39;s designs depict a slice of&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry</a>&nbsp;pie.&nbsp;

Google&#39;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/pie/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed&nbsp;a slice of&nbsp;<a href="/jack-o-lantern/">pumpkin&nbsp;</a>pie, as served at&nbsp;<a href="/thanksgiving/">Thanksgiving</a>.

An orange-colored citrus fruit with a green leaf or leaves and stem. Officially depicting a tangerine, a type of mandarin (mikan&nbsp;in Japan). Often used as a garden-variety orange. Either way, a good source of vitamin C.

Tangerine

A stack of breakfast pancakes, topped with a pad of butter and maple syrup oozing down its golden-brown sides, onto a plate on some platforms.&nbsp;

Especially popular on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday">Pancake Tuesday</a>.

An <a href="/nsfw/">alternative use</a> for this emoji on TikTok and other platforms: to represent that someone has a flat bottom (&#39;flat as a pancake&#39;).

Pancakes

The heart-shaped twist of a hard or soft golden-brown pretzel, seasoned with grains of salt. A snack commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="/flag-germany/">Germany</a>.

Pretzel

A chocolate-glazed donut (or doughnut) with&nbsp;<a href="/rainbow/">rainbow</a>&nbsp;sprinkles. WhatsApp features a pink glaze associated with&nbsp;The Simpsons. May resemble the&nbsp;<a href="/bagel/">Bagel</a>&nbsp;at small sizes.

Doughnut

A block of dark chocolate, usually shown in&nbsp;a&nbsp;red foil wrapper peeled back to show squares of the candy. WhatsApp displays the wrapper in purple, a color commonly associated with&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536592192943000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGlQIX6a9i-4pQfISaRDhOF02JTFA" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury" target="_blank">Cadbury</a>&nbsp;chocolate.

Chocolate Bar

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

A cup of a steaming-hot beverage, usually taken as coffee or&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">tea</a>. Sometimes shown on a saucer.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/hot-beverage/">previously featured</a>&nbsp;a foamy-white tulip latte art design.

May be paired with the&nbsp;<a href="/frog/">Frog Face&nbsp;</a>to represent the snarky&nbsp;<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-thats-none-of-my-business">But That&#39;s None of My Business meme</a>. Relatedly, can also be used alone to represent&nbsp;&quot;tea&quot; as per the slang phrase &quot;spill the tea&quot;,&nbsp;used to request the sharing of gossip,&nbsp;news, or personal information.

Hot Beverage

Red wine served in a stemmed glass.&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-5.0/wine-glass/">Google previously displayed&nbsp;</a>an orange-colored drink that resembled cognac.

Wine Glass

An egg,&nbsp;displayed as a chicken egg with a white or light brown shell. Commonly used at&nbsp;<a href="/easter/">Easter</a>&nbsp;time. See also: <a href="/cooking/">🍳 Cooking</a>.

The pod of the peanut, shown in its rounded, grooved, light-brown shell. Apple depicts a pair.

May be used for peanut butter as well&nbsp;as other edible nuts (e.g., almonds)&nbsp;or metaphorical ones, including slang for &ldquo;crazy&rdquo;, &ldquo;testicle&rdquo;, or <a href="/nsfw/">to nut</a>&nbsp;(ejaculate).

Peanuts

An&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">egg&nbsp;</a>with yolk frying in a skillet, as prepared sunny-side up. Though associated with breakfast, the emoji represents the general action of cooking and related concepts.

An <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/cooking/">early Apple design</a> included broken eggshells and did not feature a skillet, while an <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/cooking/">early Samsung design</a> simply displayed a fried egg.

Cooking

A bowl with a silver&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">spoon&nbsp;</a>inside, as used to eat cereal or soup. Bowl color varies across platforms, as do contents, though most are empty.

WhatsApp&#39;s bowl contains&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomato</a>&nbsp;soup, while Google&#39;s <a href="/google/android-8.0/bowl-with-spoon/">previously</a> contained&nbsp;<a href="/cooking/">breakfast</a>&nbsp;cereal.

Bowl with Spoon

A golden-brown, crescent-shaped, vanilla-flavored fortune cookie. Usually depicted with a strip of paper&mdash;on which a wise saying, lucky numbers, or&nbsp;<a href="/flag-china/">Chinese&nbsp;</a>vocabulary is written&mdash;peaking out of its hollow shell. Given at the end of meals at Chinese restaurants in the West.

Fortune Cookie

A slice of strawberry shortcake, layered with whipped cream and topped with a whole&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry</a>. Like the&nbsp;<a href="/birthday-cake/">Birthday Cake</a>, may be used to represent birthday celebrations or cake in general.

🥐 Croissant on OpenMoji 13.0

🥐 Croissant on OpenMoji 13.0

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