A string of counting beads that Unicode deliberately kept generic, covering a rosary, a Muslim misbaha or tasbih, a Hindu or Buddhist mala, and more. It's paired constantly with 🙏 Folded Hands for prayer or meditation, and nearly as often for a lighter kind of pleading: exam luck, good Wi-Fi, anything short of a miracle.
What 📿 means
A beaded long thread with a yellow tassel on one end. The 📿 Prayer Beads emoji represents a device used in prayer, devotion, and meditation. Hence, it may signify all three and other aspects such as faith, belief, and hope.
How and when to use it
- Given the title of the emoji, use 📿 while suggesting 'prayer' and all its other variants in any context. For example, "Let's just pray for the best now, okay? 📿" or "It actually feels nice to sit in prayer for a change 📿".
- While sharing content on meditation, use 📿; a repost on tips, a link to a soothing meditation playlist, a video on meditation for beginners, etc.
- 📿 is also a symbol of spirituality, hence you may use it either while sharing content on social media or even while texting someone about the subject. Like, "I really want to have a spiritual path 📿".
- You may also use 📿 while referring to souvenirs that may have spiritual significance or not, like beaded jewelry.
Other Names
- 📿 Japamala
- 📿 Rosary
- 📿 Meditation Beads
- 📿 Misbaha
- 📿 Mala
- 📿 Beaded Chain
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › clothing
- Codepoints
U+1F4FF- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:prayer_beads:- Keywords
- beads, clothing, necklace, prayer, religion
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 📿 Prayer Beads or ☑️ Check Box with Check?
Runs with a crowd
📿 keeps company in eid al-fitr emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.