Backhand index pointing down: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoonish hand with a medium-dark skin tone, extending its index finger to point directly downward. The hand is shown from the back, displaying the knuckles.
Usage Context
Widely used in digital messaging and social media to direct a reader's attention to text, images, or links located below the current line. It acts as a digital signpost, similar to how people use a physical finger to highlight a specific detail on a page. It is frequently paired with the 👉 or 👆 emojis to create directional guides.
History
While the index finger symbol has been a staple of typography as a 'manicule' or printer's fist for centuries, the Unicode Consortium introduced this specific version in 2010. The option for skin tone modifiers, which allowed for the medium-dark representation shown here, was added in 2015 to better represent global diversity in online communication.
Details
Glyph
👇🏾
Unicode
U+1F447 U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f447_1f3fe:
HTML Entity
����
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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