Index pointing up: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand with the index finger extended straight upward, palm facing away. This glyph mirrors the physical gesture of drawing attention to a specific point or demanding the floor in a conversation.

Usage Context

Widely used to emphasize a preceding statement, indicate that a user is 'first' in a queue, or to highlight a piece of text directly above a post. It is frequently paired with 👆 for vertical focus or ☝️ to signal a singular point of interest.

History

While the basic index finger has been a staple of digital communication since the early days of Wingdings and character-based typography, the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update to better represent diverse global users.

Details

Glyph

☝🏿

Unicode

U+261D U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u261d_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

☝&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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