# 🙇🏻‍♂️ Man bowing emoji: light skin tone

🙇🏻‍♂️ is the man bowing emoji (🙇‍♂️) with light skin tone. It's 🙇‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016.

- Emoji: 🙇🏻‍♂️
- Unicode name: man bowing: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- Base emoji: [🙇‍♂️ Man bowing](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

A man folding forward at the waist in a deep bow. It shows up when people apologize, thank someone, show respect or ask a favor, and for dramatic, humble gestures such as begging forgiveness or bowing to someone they admire.

## Other skin tones

- 🙇‍♂️ [Man bowing](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-emoji.md)
- 🙇🏼‍♂️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏽‍♂️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏾‍♂️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏿‍♂️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🙇🏻‍♂️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ♂️ [Male sign](https://emojichart.com/male-sign-emoji.md) (U+2642 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🙇🏻‍♂️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “man bowing”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hombre haciendo una reverencia: tono de piel claro | disculpa, gesto, hombre haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia, tono de piel claro |
| Français (fr) | homme qui s’incline : peau claire | désolé, geste, homme, homme qui s’incline, incliné, peau claire |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugender Mann: helle Hautfarbe | Demut, helle Hautfarbe, Mann, sich verbeugender Mann, verbeugen |
| Italiano (it) | uomo che fa inchino profondo: carnagione chiara | carnagione chiara, gesto, inchino, scuse, uomo, uomo che fa inchino profondo |
| Português (pt) | homem fazendo reverência: pele clara | desculpas, gesto, homem, homem fazendo reverência, homem pedindo desculpas, pele clara, respeito, reverência |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende man: lichte huidskleur | buigen, buigende man, excuses, gebaar, gunst, lichte huidskleur, man, sorry |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande man: ljus hy | beklagelse, buga, bugande man, ljus hy, man, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | mężczyzna w ukłonie: karnacja jasna | gest, karnacja jasna, mężczyzna, mężczyzna w ukłonie, przepraszam, ukłon |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğen erkek: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, adam, baş eğme, başını öne eğen erkek, erkek, hareket, lütuf, özür |
| Русский (ru) | мужчина кланяется: очень светлый тон кожи | извинение, мужчина, мужчина кланяется, очень светлый тон кожи, поклон, просьба, прощение |
| Українська (uk) | чоловік, що вклоняється: світлий тон шкіри | вибачення, повага, покора, світлий тон шкіри, чоловік, чоловік, що вклоняється, що вклоняється |
| Ελληνικά (el) | άντρας υποκλίνεται: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, άντρας, άντρας υποκλίνεται, συγγνώμη, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | رجل ينحني اعتذارًا: بشرة بلون فاتح | امتنان, انحناء, بشرة بلون فاتح, رجل ينحني, رجل ينحني اعتذارًا, ركوع |
| עברית (he) | גבר משתחווה: גוון עור בהיר | איש, גבר, גוון עור בהיר, התנצלות, טובה, מצטער, משתחווה, סליחה |
| فارسی (fa) | مرد تعظیم می‌کند: پوست سفید | پوست سفید, خواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف, مرد تعظیم می‌کند |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर झुकाता पुरुष: गोरी त्वचा | आदमी, इशारा, एहसान, गोरी त्वचा, झुकने, पुरुष, माफ़ कीजिये, माफी, सर झुकाता पुरुष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, ছেলেদর মাথা নত করা, দুঃখিত, পুরুষ, মাপ চাওয়া, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pria membungkuk: warna kulit cerah | isyarat, laki-laki, maaf, pria membungkuk, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người đàn ông cúi đầu: màu da sáng | cử chỉ, cúi đầu, màu da sáng, người đàn ông, người đàn ông cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ: โทนผิวสีขาว | กราบ, ขอโทษ, ท่าทาง, โทนผิวสีขาว, ผู้ชาย, ผู้ชายหมอบคำนับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする男: 薄い肌色 | おじぎ, おじぎする男, ごめんなさい, 土下座, 男, 男性, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 남자: 하얀 피부 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 남자, 용서, 절, 절하는 남자, 정중함, 큰절, 하얀 피부, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 男生鞠躬: 较浅肤色 | 不好意思, 对不起, 男, 男生鞠躬, 较浅肤色, 道歉 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 男生鞠躬：白皮膚 | 不好意思, 男, 男生鞠躬, 白皮膚, 道歉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): man buig: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): barima rebɔ ne mu ase: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): burrë që përkulet për falje: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ወንድ ማጎንበስ: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող տղամարդ․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা পুৰুষ: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): baş əyən kişi: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе ир-ат: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den gizona: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): мужчына нізка кланяецца: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): muškarac se naklanja: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): покланящ се мъж: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): ရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသား − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): homme qui s’incline : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅男人: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鞠躬嘅男人: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): home capcot: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 鞠躬嘅男人：白皮膚
- Chuvash (cv): арҫын пуҫ таять: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): muškarac u dubokom naklonu: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se muž: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): mand bukker dybt: lys teint
- Estonian (et): sügavalt kummarduv mees: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): homem a fazer a vénia: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): maður sum bukkar: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): lalaking nakayuko: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): syvään kumartava mies: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): home facendo unha reverencia: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი კაცი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતો પુરુષ: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): namiji mai sunkuya: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karta aadmi: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló férfi: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): maður hneigir sig: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): nwoke na-ehulata ala: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): fear ag umhlú: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): wong lanang mbungkuk ngurmati: kulit putih
- Kabyle (kab): argaz yettanez: taglimt taceɛlalt
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುರುಷ: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): басын иіп тұрған ер: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ەر: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): បុរសឱនលំទោន: សម្បុរស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugabo wunamye: ibara ry’uruhu rwera
- Konkani (kok): दादलो बागवता: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан эркек: акжуумал
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): achi ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil: saq ub’antajik b’aqilal
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຊາຍກົ້ມຄຳນັບ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis paklanās: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): òmmo ch’o fa scoaccin: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkiantis vyras: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjecy muski: swětła barwa kóže
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipende Mann: hell Hautfaarf
- Macedonian (mk): маж се поклонува: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): lelaki menunduk: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): തലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്നയാൾ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Maltese (mt): raġel jikina: ton ċar tal-ġilda
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेला पुरुष: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй эрэгтэй: цайвар
- Māori (mi): tāne tuohu: kiri āhua māmā
- Nepali (ne): आदरभावले निहुरिरहेको छोरामान्छे: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Man Wé De Baú Daun: Laít Skín Ton
- Northern Sotho (nso): monna o a inama: mmala wa letlalo wa go taga
- Norwegian (no): bukkende mann: hudtype 1–2
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkande mann: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): dhiira sagadu: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): سړی سر ټیټوي: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦਾ ਪੁਰਸ਼: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکدا بندہ: ہلکی رنگت آلی جلد
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa tata: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): bărbat care se înclină: ton deschis al pielii
- Romansh (rm): um che s’enclina: pel clera
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): duine a’ cromadh: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): мушки дубоки наклон: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мушки дубоки наклон: свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): muški duboki naklon: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): muški duboki naklon: svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈၸၢႆးယွမ်းၼွမ်း: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): مرد جهڪندي: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): ගැඹුරින් හිස නවන මිනිසා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúci sa muž: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): moški, ki se globoko priklanja: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): nin fooraraya: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): mwanamume aliyeinama: ngozi nyeupe
- Tajik (tg): марде, ки хам шуда истодааст: ранги равшани пӯст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் ஆண்: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న పురుషుడు: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሰብአይ አጎንቢሱ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): tangata punou: kili hinehina
- Tswana (tn): monna a obega: letlalo le lesweu
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän erkek: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): muž, kiž so pokłoni: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): بہت زیادہ جھکا ہوا مرد: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن ئەر: ئاچ تېرە رەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): erkak ta’zim qilmoqda: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): dyn yn ymgrymu’n isel: arlliw croen golau
- Wolof (wo): góor sujjóotal: xeesaayu der bu woyof
- Xhosa (xh): indoda egobayo: ithoni yesikhumba esikhanyayo
- Yoruba (yo): ọkùnrin tí ń tẹríba: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɔkùnrin tí ń tɛríba: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): indoda ethobe kakhulu: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🙇🏻‍♂️` |
| CSS | `\1F647\1F3FB\200D\2642\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2642}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2642\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 D83C DFFB 200D 2642 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🙇🏻‍♂️ mean?

A man folding forward at the waist in a deep bow. It shows up when people apologize, thank someone, show respect or ask a favor, and for dramatic, humble gestures such as begging forgiveness or bowing to someone they admire. 🙇🏻‍♂️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🙇🏻‍♂️ and 🙇‍♂️?

🙇🏻‍♂️ is the 🙇‍♂️ man bowing emoji with light skin tone. It's 🙇‍♂️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🙇🏻‍♂️?

Find 🙇‍♂️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “man bowing”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🙇🏻‍♂️?

U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙇🏻‍♂️

### When was 🙇🏻‍♂️ added?

It was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/man-bowing-light-skin-tone-emoji