Backhand index pointing down: light skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoonish hand with a light skin tone, positioned with the index finger extended and pointing directly downward. The palm faces away from the viewer, directing attention toward whatever is located beneath the text.
Usage Context
This emoji is a digital equivalent of a directional sign. It is frequently used in social media posts, newsletters, or chat threads to tell the reader to look at a link, an image, or a specific comment placed below. It serves as a visual shortcut for phrases like 'see below' or 'check this out.' It is often used in combination with 👉 for side-to-side navigation or ☝️ to direct attention upward.
History
While hand gestures have been part of digital communication for decades, this specific hand pose was added to the Unicode standard in 2014. It draws on the long-standing graphic design tradition of the 'manicule' or printer's fist—a pointing finger icon that has appeared in typography and marginalia since the Middle Ages to guide a reader’s eye across a page.
Details
Glyph
👇🏻
Unicode
U+1F447 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f447_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory hand-single-finger
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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