🙏 folded hands Skin Tones — All 5 Variants
Folded hands carry two well-established meanings: prayer and gratitude, plus in Japan a third — please or thank you, read from the same pressed-palms gesture used in greetings. Because it is a hand gesture, all five skin-tone modifiers are available, and choosing one is common when the sender wants the gratitude or request to read as their own hands rather than an anonymous symbol.
The five variants
🙏🏻folded hands: light skin toneU+1F64F U+1F3FB🙏🏼folded hands: medium-light skin toneU+1F64F U+1F3FC🙏🏽folded hands: medium skin toneU+1F64F U+1F3FD🙏🏾folded hands: medium-dark skin toneU+1F64F U+1F3FE🙏🏿folded hands: dark skin toneU+1F64F U+1F3FF
Every variant copies exactly like the base character: tap a card and the sequence is on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. Skin-tone modifiers (U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF) were added to the standard in Unicode 8.0 (2015). folded hands itself was added in Emoji E0.6 (2010).
Usage and context
In practice it lands as “thanks so much” or “please” far more often than as literal prayer, and it pairs naturally with hearts and blessing contexts. A skin-tone modifier adds a personal touch in apologies and thank-you replies, where the plain yellow version can feel more generic. In condolences it usually stays unmodified out of respect for the moment.
Nothing tricky in most regions — but if the reader is Japanese, expect them to read “please/thank you” before “prayer”.
Skin tones for other emoji
waving hand · raising hands · thumbs up · thumbs down · flexed biceps · nail polish · raised back of hand · hand with fingers splayed · raised hand · vulcan salute · ok hand · pinched fingers · victory hand · crossed fingers · love you gesture · sign of the horns · call me hand · backhand index pointing right · backhand index pointing up · middle finger · index pointing up · raised fist · oncoming fist · clapping hands · palms up together · handshake