Maboko Matombene Emoji

The 🙏 Folded Hands emoji represents a symbolic gesture of prayer, reverence, or thankfulness. It is used to convey gratitude, appreciation, or to make a request or plea.

Simply click on the 🙏 emoji above to instantly copy it to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere - in messages, social media, documents, or any app that supports emojis.

The 🙏 Maboko Matombene emoji was introduced in Emoji E0.6 and is now supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.

The 🙏 Maboko Matombene emoji belongs to the Bantu na Nsungi Nkífu/Bantu na Nsungi Nsi category, specifically in the Ma-Manu a Props subcategory.

In Japan, this gesture represents various polite expressions: thanking someone, apologizing, requesting a favor, or greeting. It is less specifically religious than Western prayer associations. The emoji captures this versatile respectful gesture common in Japanese culture.

Despite the high-five debate, this emoji officially represents prayer, thanks, or pleading (Japanese dogeza bow). Apple originally named it "Person With Folded Hands." The two hands belong to one person, not two people high-fiving, as shown by the matching skin tone and sleeve.