# 🙇‍♀️ Woman bowing emoji

🙇‍♀️ Woman bowing is an emoji in the gestures set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: apology, ask, beg, bow, favor and forgive.

- Emoji: 🙇‍♀️
- Unicode name: woman bowing
- Code points: U+1F647 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Gestures
- Added: Emoji 4.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :bowing_woman:
- Keywords: apology, ask, beg, bow, bowing, favor, forgive, gesture, meditate, meditation, pity, regret, sorry, woman
- Page: https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-emoji

## What it means

Shows a woman bending forward in a respectful bow. People use it to say sorry or thank you, to show deep respect or gratitude, to ask for something politely, and to express regret.

## Skin tones

- 🙇🏻‍♀️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏼‍♀️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏽‍♀️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏾‍♀️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F
- 🙇🏿‍♀️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F647 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🙇‍♀️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🙇 [Person bowing](https://emojichart.com/person-bowing-emoji.md) (U+1F647)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ♀️ [Female sign](https://emojichart.com/female-sign-emoji.md) (U+2640 U+FE0F)
4. 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 “woman bowing”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “woman bowing”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “woman bowing”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “woman bowing”.
- GitHub: Type :bowing_woman: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mujer haciendo una reverencia | disculpa, gesto, mujer haciendo una reverencia, perdón, reverencia |
| Français (fr) | femme qui s’incline | désolée, excuses, femme, femme qui s’incline, femme qui se prosterne, geste, inclinée, méditation, méditer |
| Deutsch (de) | sich verbeugende Frau | Bedauern, bitten, Demut, Entschuldigung, Frau, Geste, Kniefall, Meditation, meditieren, sorry, unterwerfen, verbeugen, Verzeihung |
| Italiano (it) | donna che fa inchino profondo | donna, donna che fa inchino profondo, donna che si inchina, gesto, grazie, inchino, meditare, mi dispiace, person, pregare, scusa, scuse |
| Português (pt) | mulher fazendo reverência | desculpas, desculpe, gesto, meditação, meditar, mulher, mulher fazendo reverência, mulher pedindo desculpas, respeito, reverência |
| Nederlands (nl) | buigende vrouw | buigen, buigende vrouw, buiging, excuses, gebaar, gunst, persoon, schaamte, schuld, sorry, verontschuldigen, vrouw, vrouw die buigt |
| Svenska (sv) | bugande kvinna | beklagelse, buga, bugande kvinna, kvinna, ursäkt |
| Polski (pl) | kobieta w ukłonie | gest, kobieta, kobieta w ukłonie, przepraszam, skrucha, ukłon, wybacz, żal |
| Türkçe (tr) | başını öne eğen kadın | baş eğme, başını öne eğen kadın, bayan, hareket, kadın, lütuf, özür |
| Русский (ru) | женщина кланяется | виновата, жаль, извини, пожалуйста, поклон, прости, прошу, прощения, стыд |
| Українська (uk) | жінка, що вклоняється | вибачення, жінка, жінка кланяється, жінка, що вклоняється, повага, покора, що вклоняється |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γυναίκα υποκλίνεται | απολογία, γυναίκα, γυναίκα υποκλίνεται, διαλογίζομαι, διαλογισμός, συγγνώμη, υποκλίνομαι, υπόκλιση, χειρονομία |
| العربية (ar) | سيدة تنحني اعتذارًا | أسف, إشارة, اعتذار, اعتذر, امتنان, امرأة, انحناء, تأمل, راكع, ركوع, سوري, سيدة تنحني, سيدة تنحني اعتذارًا |
| עברית (he) | אישה משתחווה | אישה, התנצלות, טובה, מצטערת, משתחווה, מתנצלת, סליחה |
| فارسی (fa) | زن تعظیم می‌کند | خواهش داشتن, درخواست کردن, زن تعظیم می‌کند, عذرخواهی, عذرخواهی کردن, متأسف |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सर झुकाती महिला | इशारा, एहसान, क्षमा करें, झुकने, महिला, माफी, सर झुकाती महिला |
| বাংলা (bn) | মেয়েদের মাথা নত করা | অঙ্গিভঙ্গি, দুঃখিত, ধ্যান, মহিলা, মাথা নত করা, মাপ চাওয়া, মেয়েদের মাথা নত করা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wanita membungkuk | isyarat, maaf, meditasi, perempuan, sujud, sungkem, tunduk, wanita, wanita membungkuk |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | người phụ nữ cúi đầu | cử chỉ, cúi đầu, người phụ nữ, người phụ nữ cúi đầu, ủng hộ, xin lỗi |
| ไทย (th) | ผู้หญิงหมอบคำนับ | ขอโทษ, ขอร้อง, ขออภัย, โค้งคำนับ, ท่าทาง, ผู้หญิง, สมาธิ, สำนึกผิด, เสียใจ |
| 日本語 (ja) | おじぎする女 | おじぎ, おじぎする女, ごめんなさい, 土下座, 女, 女性 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 절하는 여자 | 넙죽, 부탁, 사과, 애원, 엎드려 사과하는 여자, 용서, 절, 절하는 여자, 정중함, 큰절, 후회 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 女生鞠躬 | 不好意思, 女, 女生鞠躬, 对不起, 道歉, 静思, 鞠躬 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 女生鞠躬 | 不好意思, 女, 女生鞠躬, 沈思, 道歉, 靜思 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vrou buig
- Akan (ak): ɔbaa rebɔ ne mu ase
- Albanian (sq): grua që përkulet për falje
- Amharic (am): ሴት ማጎንበስ
- Armenian (hy): խոնարհվող կին
- Assamese (as): শিৰ নত কৰা মহিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): baş əyən qadın
- Bashkir (ba): баш эйеүсе ҡатын-ҡыҙ
- Basque (eu): burua makurtzen ari den emakumea
- Belarusian (be): жанчына нізка кланяецца
- Bosnian (bs): žena se naklanja
- Breton (br): placʼh o stouiñ
- Bulgarian (bg): покланяща се жена
- Burmese (my): ရိုရိုကျိုးကျိုး ဦးညွှတ်နေသူ အမျိုးသမီး
- Cantonese (yue): 鞠躬嘅女人
- Catalan (ca): dona capcota
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎨᏯ ᎤᏘᏌᏘ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 鞠躬嘅女人
- Chuvash (cv): хӗрарӑм пуҫ таять
- Croatian (hr): žena u dubokom naklonu
- Czech (cs): uklánějící se žena
- Danish (da): kvinde bukker dybt
- Estonian (et): sügavalt kummarduv naine
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): mulher a fazer a vénia
- Faroese (fo): kvinna sum bukkar
- Filipino (fil): babaeng nakayuko
- Finnish (fi): syvään kumartava nainen
- Galician (gl): muller facendo unha reverencia
- Georgian (ka): თავდახრილი ქალი
- Gujarati (gu): વંદન કરતી સ્ત્રી
- Hausa (ha): mace mai sunkuya
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): bow karti mahila
- Hungarian (hu): meghajló nő
- Icelandic (is): kona hneigir sig
- Igbo (ig): nwanyị na-ehulata ala
- Irish (ga): bean ag umhlú
- Javanese (jv): wong wadon mbungkuk ngurmati
- Kalaallisut (kl): kvinde bukker dybt
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷಮೆಯಾಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ
- Kazakh (kk): басын иіп тұрған әйел
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): باسىن ءيىپ تۇرعان ايەل
- Khmer (km): នារីឱនលំទោន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umugore wunamye
- Konkani (kok): बायल बागवता
- Kyrgyz (ky): жүгүнүп жаткан аял
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ixoq ktajin kuk’ut k’ixb’alil
- Lao (lo): ຜູ້ຍິງກົ້ມຄຳນັບ
- Latvian (lv): sieviete paklanās
- Ligurian (lij): dònna ch’a fa scoaccin
- Lithuanian (lt): nusilenkianti moteris
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se pókłonjeca žeńska
- Luxembourgish (lb): sech vernäipend Fra
- Macedonian (mk): жена се поклонува
- Malay (ms): perempuan menunduk
- Malayalam (ml): തലകുനിയ്ക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ
- Maltese (mt): mara tikina
- Marathi (mr): मान खाली घातलेली महिला
- Mongolian (mn): бөхийж буй эмэгтэй
- Māori (mi): wahine tuohu
- Nepali (ne): आदरभावलेे निहुरिरहेकी छोरीमान्छे
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wúman Wé De Baú Daun
- Northern Sotho (nso): mosadi o a inama
- Norwegian (no): bukkende kvinne
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): bukkande kvinne
- Odia (or): ମୁଣ୍ଡ ନୁଆଁଇଥିବା ମହିଳା
- Oromo (om): dubartii sagaddu
- Pashto (ps): ښځه سر ټیټوي
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਿਰ ਝੁਕਾਉਂਦੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جُھکدی زنانی
- Quechua (qu): upaykusqa warmi
- Romanian (ro): femeie care se înclină
- Romansh (rm): dunna che s’enclina
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): boireannach a’ cromadh
- Serbian (sr): женски дубоки наклон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): ženski duboki naklon
- Shan (shn): ၽူႈယိင်းယွမ်းၼွမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): عورت جھڪندي
- Sinhala (si): ගැඹුරින් හිස නවන කාන්තාව
- Slovak (sk): klaňajúca sa žena
- Slovenian (sl): ženska, ki se globoko priklanja
- Somali (so): naag fooraraysa
- Swahili (sw): mwanamke aliyeinama
- Tajik (tg): зане, ки хам шуда истодааст
- Tamil (ta): மன்னிப்பு கேட்கும் பெண்
- Telugu (te): క్షమాపణలు కోరుకున్న స్త్రీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ዘጎንበሰት ሰበይቲ
- Tongan (to): fefine punou
- Tswana (tn): mosadi a obega
- Turkmen (tk): tagzym edýän zenan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): žona, kiž so pokłoni
- Urdu (ur): بہت زیادہ جھکی ہوئی عورت
- Uyghur (ug): ئېگىلگەن ئايال
- Uzbek (uz): ayol ta’zim qilmoqda
- Welsh (cy): menyw yn ymgrymu’n isel
- Wolof (wo): jigéen sujjóotal
- Xhosa (xh): ibhinqa eligobayo
- Yoruba (yo): obìnrin tí ń tẹríba
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): obìnrin tí ń tɛríba
- Zulu (zu): owesimame othobe kakhulu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F647 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🙇‍♀️` |
| CSS | `\1F647\200D\2640\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F647}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F647\u200D\u2640\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 99 87 E2 80 8D E2 99 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DE47 200D 2640 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%99%87%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🙇‍♀️ woman bowing emoji mean?

Shows a woman bending forward in a respectful bow. People use it to say sorry or thank you, to show deep respect or gratitude, to ask for something politely, and to express regret.

### How do I type the 🙇‍♀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “woman bowing”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bowing_woman:.

### When was the 🙇‍♀️ emoji added?

🙇‍♀️ was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🙇‍♀️?

U+1F647 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🙇‍♀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F647}\u{200D}\u{2640}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🙇‍♀️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🙇🏻‍♀️ light, 🙇🏼‍♀️ medium-light, 🙇🏽‍♀️ medium, 🙇🏾‍♀️ medium-dark and 🙇🏿‍♀️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/woman-bowing-emoji