Emoji dictionary
🤲 Palms Up Together emoji
[ pahms uhp tuh-geth-er ih-moh-jee ]
The Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 depicts two hands positioned close together with open palms facing upwards. It is commonly used to represent praying or begging.
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Where does 🤲 Palms Up Together emoji come from?
The Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 was approved under Unicode 10.0 in 2017. On all major platforms, the emoji depicts a pair of yellow hands close together opened with empty palms facing upwards. Depending on the platform, the hands may appear stylized or realistic. On supported platforms, the hands can be customized with various skin tones.
The Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 is often used to represent praying. In particular, the emoji is used to specifically refer to asking God (or other divine being or spiritual force) for help. The gesture depicted by the hands in the emoji highly resembles that used while performing dua, an an important prayer of supplication in Islam. Because of this, the Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 is often specifically used by Muslims to refer to praying to God or asking for God’s help. When used by either Muslims or people of other faiths, the use of the Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 overlaps with the Folded Hands emoji 🙏, and the two may appear together.
Examples of 🤲 Palms Up Together emoji
Who uses 🤲 Palms Up Together emoji?
The Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 is often used to refer to praying or asking God or other such deities or forces for help.
Remember me in your prayers 🤲 Pray for my exams ☺️
— 𝙎𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙍٭ (@itxsam24) August 4, 2021
My mind is stressed 😥😫.
God please 🥺 come through 🤲— Ayọ̀olúwa. (@AyooluwaAdedir1) August 4, 2021
I will not miss anyday of showering in 2021 😂🤲🙏 so help me God
— Mwami laban (@Johnlaban256) January 1, 2021
The Palms Up Together emoji 🤲 is also used when begging for something.
Please if you have a laptop that's faulty or in good working shape you can give out.
Please I need 🤲
— Astalavi (@OtunbaSwitBoy) August 5, 2021
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