Backhand index pointing right: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned hand with the index finger extended and pointing to the right. The hand is shown from the back, displaying the knuckles and a clear direction for the viewer to follow.

Usage Context

This emoji acts as a visual signpost. It is frequently used to direct attention to a specific part of a message, an image, or a link. It is commonly paired with emojis like 👇 or 👈 to create a map of points or to highlight specific text in a long post.

History

While the basic pointing finger has been part of digital communication for decades, the specific set of skin tone modifiers was introduced in Unicode 8.0 in 2015. This update was a major shift for internet messaging, allowing users to select skin tones that better reflect human diversity beyond the original default yellow tone.

Details

Glyph

👉🏿

Unicode

U+1F449 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f449_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC49;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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

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