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RotSteinFinke@feddit.org 3 weeks agoIt’s even more confusing: Emojis were invented in Japan, which adds another layer of cultural differences. Holding your hands flat against each other is a common sign for prayer in Christianity, but in Japan it is a commen gesture for giving thanks. Hence the “official” meaning: Thank you
infeeeee@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The official name of the emoji is simply “folded hand”. It was part of Unicode 6.0, released in 2010, codepoint U+1F64F. It’s on page 11 on the original proposal: www.unicode.org/L2/…/09026r-emoji-proposed.pdf
I guess they deliberately named it to the neutral “folded hand” so asian people can use as thank you, while westerners as pray