Backhand index pointing right: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoonish right-hand showing an index finger extended firmly toward the right, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. The hand is drawn in a flat, bold style typical of modern digital platforms.
Usage Context
This emoji acts as a digital signpost. It is frequently used to direct a reader’s attention to a specific link, an image, or a piece of text that follows in a conversation. It is the natural counterpart to 👈 and is often used to emphasize a point or nudge someone to look at what was previously mentioned.
History
Pointing fingers have been a staple of visual communication since the early days of typography, known as a 'manicule' or 'printer's fist.' When brought into the digital age, this icon became a core feature of early web design, helping users navigate clickable interfaces before it was adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010.
Details
Glyph
👉🏼
Unicode
U+1F449 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f449_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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