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Folded Hands Meaning
🙏
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Official Unicode name: Person with Folded Hands (U+1F64F)
What 🙏 officially means
Pressed-together palms — officially prayer, gratitude, or a respectful greeting (and in Japan, 'please' or 'thank you').
What 🙏 means in slang & texting
Three overlapping uses: 'please 🙏' (begging), 'thank you 🙏' (gratitude), and 'praying for it 🙏' (hoping). Many also read it as a high-five, which fuels endless internet debates.
How to use it
Thank someone, ask a favor, express hope ('exam tomorrow 🙏'). Universally positive.
Popular combos with 🙏
🙏✨
🙏😭
🤲🙏
🙏❤️