Index pointing at the viewer: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a medium skin tone holding its index finger straight out, pointing directly forward as if singling someone out. The perspective is designed to look like the finger is aimed right at the person looking at their screen.
Usage Context
Used to grab attention, assign blame, or issue a challenge. It is the digital equivalent of a person pointing their finger at you during a debate or a high-pressure situation. People often use it alongside š to direct focus or to emphasize a specific personal call-to-action.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2022. Its design reflects the growing need for more direct, confrontational, or targeted gestures in digital messaging, moving beyond simple static hand signs to mimic real-world non-verbal communication.
Details
Glyph
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Unicode
U+1FAF5 U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1faf5_1f3fd:
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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