Folded hands emoji meaning

The folded hands emoji shows two hands pressed together with palms facing each other. This image can represent a single person’s hands or the hands of two different people. When it depicts your own hands, it can symbolize asking for something, showing gratitude, or engaging in prayer. It carries a sense of sincerity, respect, or reverence in these contexts. On the other hand, when the emoji is seen as two separate hands meeting, it can be interpreted as a high five. A high five is a friendly and celebratory gesture often used to greet someone or acknowledge success. This dual meaning makes the folded hands emoji both versatile and widely used across cultures and messages.

The folded hands emoji is also known as Pray Emoji, Thanks Emoji.

The folded hands emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026