Backhand index pointing down: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a dark skin tone extending its index finger to point directly downward. It mimics the gesture of someone directing attention to text, an image, or a link located below their message.
Usage Context
Widely used in social media and chat apps to guide readers to content placed beneath a post, such as a caption, a call-to-action button, or a reply thread. It is the natural counterpart to ☝️ and is frequently used to emphasize specific information without needing extra words.
History
The basic hand-pointing gesture has been a staple of digital communication since the early days of message boards and forums. Skin tone modifiers were added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of an industry-wide push to make digital representation more inclusive and reflective of diverse user bases.
Details
Glyph
👇🏿
Unicode
U+1F447 U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f447_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-single-finger
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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