Woman Kneeling: Facing Right 🧎♀️➡️
Added in Emoji 15.1 · People & Body › Activities
U+1F9CE U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F U+200D U+27A1 U+FE0F :woman_kneeling_right: Clarity: Has nuance
This emoji has some subtlety in how it's interpreted across different contexts.
- • Relatively new — some older devices may show a blank box
Meaning
This depicts a woman in a kneeling position, shown from the side as if facing or moving toward the right. Her body is upright on her knees, with hands typically at her sides or resting on her thighs, rendered in a neutral, respectful posture. The design emphasizes the kneeling action without implying prayer or religious context—it's simply a positional representation.
People use this to convey genuine respect, reverence, or submission in various contexts. It can signal apology, humility, or a request for forgiveness. In some conversations, it expresses deep gratitude or awe. The rightward-facing direction adds a sense of movement or progression, making it useful for storytelling or sequential expressions of emotion.
This emoji fits naturally into discussions about vulnerability, empathy, and moments requiring courage to show respect. It's also used in creative writing, memes, and emotional conversations where kneeling symbolizes a turning point or moment of introspection.
The facing-right variants (introduced in Unicode Emoji 15.1 in 2023) give users more directional control in their messaging, allowing for better visual narrative flow when combined with other emoji or used in sequences.
Common Uses
- • Expressing deep respect or admiration
- • Apologizing sincerely for a mistake
- • Showing humility or asking for forgiveness
- • Conveying awe or reverence
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The directional variants (facing left and right) were added in Unicode Emoji 15.1, giving people more creative control over visual storytelling in emoji sequences and memes.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:woman_kneeling_facing_right: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🧎‍♀️‍➡️ |
| HTML (hex) | 🧎‍♀️‍➡️ |
| CSS | \1F9CE\200D\2640\FE0F\200D\27A1\FE0F |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDDCE\u200D\u2640\uFE0F\u200D\u27A1\uFE0F |
| Python | \U0001F9CE\U0000200D\U00002640\U0000FE0F\U0000200D\U000027A1\U0000FE0F |
| Java | \uD83E\uDDCE\u200D\u2640\uFE0F\u200D\u27A1\uFE0F |
| Perl | \x{1F9CE}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F}\x{200D}\x{27A1}\x{FE0F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F9CE}\x{200D}\x{2640}\x{FE0F}\x{200D}\x{27A1}\x{FE0F} |
| Punycode | xn--2rwu-6bx-7k0-1e6n-6bx-7tt-1e6n |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A7%8E%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%E2%9E%A1%EF%B8%8F |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x8E 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x99 0x80 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F 0xE2 0x80 0x8D 0xE2 0x9E 0xA1 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
🧎♀️➡️ in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | হাঁটু গেড়ে বসা মহিলা: ডান দিকে মুখ করে আছে |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 跪下的女人: 面向右边 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 跪著的女子:面右 |
| Danish | knælende kvinde: mod højre |
| Dutch | knielende vrouw: naar rechts gericht |
| English | woman kneeling: facing right |
| English (UK) | woman kneeling: facing right |
| Estonian | põlvitav naine: suunaga paremale |
| Finnish | polvistuva nainen: kohti oikeaa |
| French | femme à genoux : vers la droite |
| German | kniende Frau: nach rechts |
| Hindi | औरत घुटनों के बल: दाईं ओर चेहरा घुमाए |
| Hungarian | térdelő nő: jobbra néző |
| Italian | donna inginocchiata: a destra |
| Japanese | 正座する女性: 右向き |
| Korean | 무릎을 꿇은 여자: 오른쪽을 향한 |
| Lithuanian | klūpanti moteris: atsisukęs į dešinę |
| Malay | perempuan bersimpuh: menghadap kanan |
| Norwegian | kvinne som kneler: vendt mot høyre |
| Polish | klęcząca kobieta: zwrócony w prawo |
| Portuguese | mulher ajoelhando: de frente para a direita |
| Russian | женщина на коленях: , направленные вправо |
| Spanish | mujer de rodillas: hacia la derecha |
| Spanish (Mexico) | mujer de rodillas: hacia la derecha |
| Swedish | knäsittande kvinna: åt höger |
| Thai | ผู้หญิงกำลังคุกเข่า: หันขวา |
| Ukrainian | жінка навколішках: правий профіль: |
| Vietnamese | người phụ nữ quỳ: hướng sang phải |