The folded hands emoji shows two hands pressed together, echoing a namaste or prayer gesture. Its meaning splits by context: it can express "please" or heartfelt thanks, or serve as a literal prayer or blessing, and it commonly closes out messages asking for luck, help, or gratitude.
What 🙏 means
Two hands (either from the same person or two people) coming together in a fold, or in other words, a 'Namaste', thus symbolizing gratitude and warmth.
Apart from offering a sense of welcoming someone or something, the 🙏 Folded Hands emoji can also suggest an apology, modesty, and humbleness too. It is available in the designated skin tones almost across all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If your friend did carry out something that you wanted him/her to, send 🙏 and a gratitude-filled message to thank him/her.
- If you're sending a post, message, link, anything and you want your receivers to share it and spread the love, send along the 🙏 emoji.
- In some very rare scenarios, you can also use 🙏 as a high-five (come to think of it, it does look like it).
- 🙏 is also a great way to show appreciation and gratitude to something inspiring that you came across on social media.
- If you're welcoming someone onto a group channel, you can use 🙏 in the Indian way of saying 'Namaste' or 'Welcome', in other words.
- If you want your buddy to do you a favor, like pick up your clothes from the laundry or look after your dog while you're out, send 🙏 as a way of begging him/her.
Other Names
- 🙏 Grateful
- 🙏 Gratitude
- 🙏 Thank You
- 🙏 Thanks
- 🙏 Please
- 🙏 Namaste
- 🙏 Welcome
- 🙏 Prayer
- 🙏 Praying
- 🙏 Hope
- 🙏 Apology
- 🙏 I'm Sorry
- 🙏 Sorry
- 🙏 Greeting
- 🙏 Hello
- 🙏 Hi
🙏 in real conversations
What does 🙏 mean from a girl?
Thank you, please, or genuine “praying for you” support, depending on what it's attached to. Gratitude is the most common read.
What does 🙏 mean from a guy?
“Bless,” “thanks man,” or exaggerated begging — “🙏🙏🙏 cover my shift.” Rarely literal prayer, though it can be sincere in heavy moments.
What does 🙏 mean in texting?
Thanks, please, or hope. And yes — it's officially folded hands. The high-five reading is a running joke the internet refuses to retire.
At a glance
- Category
- People & Body › hands
- Codepoints
U+1F64F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:pray::folded_hands:Discord- Keywords
- appreciate, ask, beg, blessed, bow, cmon, five, folded, gesture, hand, high, please, pray, thanks, thx
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
Skin tone variations
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🙏 Folded Hands or 🤷♂️ Man Shrugging?
Runs with a crowd
🙏 keeps company in chuseok emojis and eid al-fitr emojis and ganesh chaturthi emojis and guru nanak jayanti emojis and hand emojis and krishna janmashtami emojis and raksha bandhan emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.