People & Body · Emoji 5.0
🧘Person in Lotus Position Emoji
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, calm, or wants to represent the practice of yoga or meditation. It’s a simple way to express a sense of zen.
The 🧘 emoji shows a person in the lotus position.
- Unicode
- U+1F9D8
- Released
- 2017
- Shortcode
- :person_
in_ lotus_ position: - Skin tones
- Yes
01 — Meaning
What does the 🧘 Person in Lotus Position emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 13.
02 — Platforms
Person in Lotus Position emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the person in lotus position as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Skin tones
Person in Lotus Position emoji skin tones
🧘 supports all five Fitzpatrick skin tone modifiers. Each one is a separate character sequence — tap any to copy it.
04 — Copy & codes
Person in Lotus Position emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :person_in_lotus_position:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the person in lotus position, code point U+1F9D8.
05 — How to type
How to type the 🧘 Person in Lotus Position emoji
No picker to hand? The person in lotus position can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
06 — Download
Person in Lotus Position emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
07 — Combinations
Person in Lotus Position emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around person in lotus position for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What 🧘 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
09 — Apps
What 🧘 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
11 — Difference
🧘 vs 🧘♀️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Person in Lotus Position
Code: U+1F9D8 · added 2017
Shortcode: :person_in_lotus_position:
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, calm, or wants to represent the practice of yoga or meditation.
Unicode name: Woman in Lotus Position
Code: U+1F9D8 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F · added 2017
Shortcode: :woman_in_lotus_position:
Generally, it means someone is feeling relaxed, calm, or practicing mindfulness.
12 — History
Where the 🧘 Person in Lotus Position emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 5.0, the person in lotus position has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 9.
Same character every time — U+1F9D8 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Person in Lotus Position was approved as U+1F9D8 and shipped in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🧘 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ