🙏️ Folded hands emoji

Folded hands representing prayer, gratitude, or pleading.

This emoji represents hands folded together in prayer, showing gratitude, prayer, pleading, or asking for something. Often used in religious contexts, when expressing thanks, or when asking for help or mercy.

Related to other prayer gestures like 🤲 Palms up together and religious symbols.

Could also be called Prayer hands, thank you or pleading hands emoji.

Other meanings

Prayer, gratitude, pleading, thanks, religious gesture, mercy

Example Usage

I am praying for your success and happiness 🙏

Variants

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Passover emojis

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Visual description

Two hands pressed together in a prayer position, representing prayer, gratitude, or pleading.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.