🙇️ Person bowing emoji

A person bowing deeply, representing respect, apology, or gratitude. Used to express deep respect, sincere apology, or thankfulness.

Often used in contexts of Japanese culture, formal apologies, showing respect, or expressing gratitude. Can represent humility and politeness.

Related to other respectful gesture emojis like 🙇‍♂️ Man bowing and 🙇‍♀️ Woman bowing, as well as cultural emojis like 🎎 Japanese dolls.

Could also be called Person bowing, bowing, apologizing or showing respect emoji.

Other meanings

Respect, apology, gratitude, bow, humble, polite, Japanese culture, sorry

Example Usage

I sincerely apologize for my mistake 🙇

Variants

Related emoji

Gestures emojis

• 🙅️ Person gesturing NO
• 🙅‍♂️ Man gesturing NO
• 🙅‍♀️ Woman gesturing NO
• 🙆️ Person gesturing OK

Respect emojis

• 🫡️ Saluting face
• 👏️ Clapping hands
• 🙌️ Raising hands
• 🫶️ Heart hands

Visual description

A person bowed forward with head down, showing a deep respectful bow typical of Japanese culture.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.