🙇‍♀️ Woman bowing emoji

The woman bowing emoji means a woman is showing respect, apology, gratitude, humility, or a formal bow. Use 🙇‍♀️ when a female figure is saying sorry, thank you, or showing deference.

It is the female version of 🙇 Person bowing and pairs with 🙇‍♂️ Man bowing for gendered bowing and respectful gestures.

Could also be called Woman bowing, bowing woman, apologizing woman or respectful woman emoji.

Other meanings

woman bowing, female apology, sorry, respect, gratitude, humility, polite bow

Example Usage

She thanked the host with a polite bow 🙇‍♀️

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

On iOS, 🙇‍♀️ shows a woman bent forward with her head lowered and hands near the floor. The bowed posture is the clearest signal.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.