A gender-neutral person kneeling, added in 2019, used to depict prayer, proposal moments (down on one knee), submission/respect gestures, or referencing the Colin Kaepernick-style kneeling protest that became globally significant in sports and social-justice contexts. Trivia: this emoji carries unusually weighty political connotation for a 'body position' emoji — its addition came during a period when kneeling as a protest gesture (in the NFL and beyond) was a major global news topic, giving the emoji real-world symbolic charge beyond its literal depiction.
Keywords: kneel, kneeling, knees, person