Backhand index pointing down: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a medium-light skin tone pointing its index finger directly downward. The hand is shown from the back, clearly directing the viewer's attention to something located below the text line.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to tool for directing readers to scroll down, look at an attached image, or check out a link provided in the following line. It is frequently used in social media threads or newsletters to emphasize a specific call to action or to reference a post sitting underneath the current one, much like the 👉 emoji handles horizontal direction.
History
Hand signs were added to the Unicode standard to bridge the gap between static text and interactive interface navigation. As mobile messaging platforms grew, the 'pointing down' gesture became a standard way to replicate the physical act of gesturing toward a screen or a printed page to guide a user's focus.
Details
Glyph
👇🏼
Unicode
U+1F447 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f447_1f3fc:
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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