Man kneeling emoji 🧎♂️
Emoji 12.0 (2019) · U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F
Skin tones · Tap a tone to copy it.
What 🧎♂️ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Man kneeling 🧎♂️ is tagged with these keywords: kneel, kneeling, knees, man.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing kneel or kneeling in the emoji search brings up 🧎♂️.
Man kneeling 🧎♂️ is one of 58 emoji in the people doing things subgroup of people & body (390 emoji), next to 🧎♀️ 🧎➡️ 🧎♀️➡️ 🧎♂️➡️.
🧎♂️ comes in 5 skin tones, from 🧎🏻♂️ to 🧎🏿♂️, plus the default yellow. Tap a tone above to copy it.
Will 🧎♂️ show on my friend's phone?
🧎♂️ was added in Emoji 12.0 (2019). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
What 🧎♂️ is made of
Technically 🧎♂️ is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): 🧎 person kneeling + ♂️ male sign. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type 🧎♂️
Any emoji picker finds 🧎♂️ when you search for man kneeling.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type man kneeling.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type man kneeling in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type man kneeling.
Codes for developers
Man kneeling 🧎♂️ is written with 4 code points: U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. In UTF-8 it takes 13 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9CE U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧎‍♂️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧎‍♂️ | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9CE \200D \2642 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9CE}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%8E%E2%80%8D%E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 8E E2 80 8D E2 99 82 EF B8 8F |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🧎♂️ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | man kneeling |
| Português | homem ajoelhando |
| Español | hombre de rodillas |
| Italiano | uomo inginocchiato |
| Français | homme à genoux |
| Deutsch | kniender Mann |
| Türkçe | diz çöken erkek |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pria berlutut |
| Polski | klęczący mężczyzna |
| Русский | мужчина на коленях |
| 日本語 | 正座する男性 |
| 한국어 | 무릎을 꿇은 남자 |
More emoji like this
All people & body emoji →Questions people ask
What does the man kneeling emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🧎♂️ "man kneeling" and links it with kneel, kneeling, knees, man. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the people doing things subgroup of people & body.
When was the man kneeling emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of 🧎♂️?
Yes. 🧎♂️ has these skin tones: 🧎🏻♂️ 🧎🏼♂️ 🧎🏽♂️ 🧎🏾♂️ 🧎🏿♂️. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.