Backhand index pointing down Emoji

People

A cartoonish hand seen from the back, with the index finger extended and pointing directly toward the ground. The skin tone varies based on the user's settings, but the orientation remains fixed.

Usage Context

This is a staple for directing attention to information located below the current line of text, such as a link, a caption, or a specific comment. It is frequently used in social media posts to urge readers to 'check out' what follows. It is often used in conjunction with the 👉 or 👆 emojis to provide a complete set of directional cues.

History

Part of the original set of hand gestures added to the Unicode standard in the early 2010s, this emoji was popularized by early mobile messaging apps that sought to replicate the directional pointing found in traditional instructional signage and print layout design.

Details

Glyph

👇

Unicode

U+1F447

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f447:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC47;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory hand-single-finger

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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