Backhand index pointing left: light skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoonish hand seen from the back, featuring a light skin tone and a rigid index finger extended to the left. The finger serves as a directional indicator, drawing attention to text or images placed to the left of the message.
Usage Context
This emoji is the go-to tool for directing a reader’s eye toward a specific link, a preceding post, or a key point in a long message. It functions like a digital signpost and is frequently used alongside 👉🏻 to frame text or call out specific details in a conversation.
History
Hand gestures in digital communication evolved from early ASCII art arrows used on bulletin board systems to guide users through text-heavy menus. This specific design was added to the Unicode standard to provide a human-centric way to navigate increasingly visual mobile interfaces.
Details
Glyph
👈🏻
Unicode
U+1F448 U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f448_1f3fb:
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
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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