folded hands 🙏 Meaning & Copy
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What does 🙏 folded hands Mean?
Folded hands 🙏 mean "please," "thank you," or a prayer/hope — the intended reading depends entirely on context. "🙏 for good news" is hope; "thanks so much 🙏" is gratitude; on its own after a request it's a polite plea. Despite the popular joke, it is not officially a high-five.
- 💡General Use: folded hands
- 📱Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, X
Cultural Meaning & Social Media Tips
The gesture reads differently across cultures — a prayer in the West, "namaste" in South Asia, and an apology or request in Japan, where the emoji originated. The "is it a high-five?" debate is one of the longest-running emoji memes. It ranks among the most-used emojis in professional messaging thanks to its gratitude meaning.
How 🙏 Looks on Different Platforms
Emoji designs vary slightly between systems. Here is how the folded hands emoji is rendered on major platforms like Apple, Google, and WhatsApp.
*Images come from open-licensed emoji sets (Twemoji CC BY 4.0, Noto Apache 2.0, OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0). Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and cannot be hosted; the "Your Device" card shows your own OS emoji font — on iPhone/Mac that is the Apple design. Click any card to copy the emoji.
When to Use folded hands?
Social Media
Just posted a new photo! 🙏
Messaging
Hey, check this out 🙏
Reaction
Wow, that's amazing! 🙏
Status
Feeling 🙏 today
How to Type folded hands on Keyboard?
Windows 10/11 Shortcut
- Windows Key
- . (period)
- Type "folded hands"
- Select 🙏
Mac (Macbook) Shortcut
- Control + Command + Space
- Search "folded hands"
- Select 🙏
folded hands HTML & CSS Codes
| Property | Value / Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode Name | folded hands | |
| Unicode Code | U+1F64F | |
| HTML Entity | 🙏 | |
| HTML Hex | 🙏 | |
| CSS Content | \01F64F | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F64F} | |
| Shortcode (Discord, Slack, GitHub) | :pray: | |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 0.6 | |
| Year Added | 2010 | |
| Skin Tone Support | Yes |
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Graphics come from open-licensed sets: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0, Twitter/X), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0, Google) and OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0). Free to use with attribution.
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