🙏 Praying hands Emoji
The Praying hands Emoji is very common and is used by most of the people as an indication of being thankful to god or as a way to asking God for something. It depicts two hands in a praying position. Praying Emoji is also known as Folded Hands Emoji. In some other versions, this Emoji is represented by the image of the human figure praying.
This Emoji first appeared in 2010 and was known as folded hands Emoji. However, it can as well be known as Thank you Emoji or a Pray Emoji.
Although is commonly used as a symbol of religious faith, praying hands Emoji can be used to mean several other things. Over the time, it has also been interpreted in different ways. The other thing is that it is represented differently on different versions and this can bring some problems. However, it is still very common. There are some of the versions that show this Emoji as a person with hands raised in front of their heads and palms pressed together.
Pray hands emoji was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Versions with a skin tone modifier applied:
🙏🏻 Pray hands: Light Skin Tone
🙏🏼 Pray hands: Medium-light Skin Tone
🙏🏽 Pray hands: Medium Skin Tone
🙏🏾 Pray hands: Medium-dark Skin Tone
🙏🏿 Pray hands: Dark Skin Tone
🙏 Images
Android 9.0 Pie
Twemoji 11.1
Android 8.0 Oreo
Twemoji 2.3
FxEmojis 1.7.9
Android 7.1.1
Nougat
🙏 Codes
| Shortcode | :pray: |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🙏 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🙏 |
| Punycode | xn--n48h |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%99%8F |
| JavaScript & JSON | \ud83d\ude4f |
| C, C++ & Java | \ud83d\ude4f |
What does the praying Emoji mean?
The praying Emoji can be interpreted to mean several things. It is a Japanese way of saying thank you or please. In some other cultures, it is used as an indication of praying or a show of respect. In some other versions, this Emoji can be used as a form of encouragement or as a way to congratulating someone.
Although it can be used to mean any of the above, this Emoji has an obvious meaning of religious faith and specifically Christianity. Besides that, it can be used as a context of supporting someone especially when they are going through a hard time. Praying Emoji is commonly used in Thanks Giving Day.
On top of that, there are several celebrities that have used it on their social media account to reveal any message to their funs. It is the official snapchat account of Justin Beiber.
How to use the pray Emoji?
Today, it’s very easy to start using this Emoji. You can get it on your computer, tablet or a Smartphone without any hustle even when there’s no Emoji keyboard installed. Visit a copy and paste website and select this Emoji. After that copy and paste on your smart device, you will have it for any use. It doesn’t matter if the Emoji appears as a black square or a question mark. After copying and pasting this Emoji, it will be converted into appropriate image by the website.
Example uses of Folded hands Emoji in conversations
‘’With all the issues we are facing today, we need to pray and have faith 🙏’’.
‘’When I wake up and see my family safe and sound, I give thanks 🙏.’’
‘’Hello, would you please help me with your car for a day 🙏…Mine has an issue and I have a tour tomorrow’’.
‘’Can somebody please tell me what to do about acne scars on my face 🙏? Today we have to take time and pray for the victims of Kiambaa post-election violence’’.
‘’Hopefully, this dress am ordering will fit my daughter 🙏’’
‘’My I help you deal your job tomorrow 🙏? Am free.’’