Backhand index pointing left: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A cartoonish hand with a medium-light skin tone, showing the back of the hand while extending the index finger toward the left. It acts as a visual signpost, drawing the viewer's attention to text or images placed before it.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to call attention to a previous message, a link, or a specific point made in a conversation. It serves as a digital equivalent to a physical gesture, often working alongside 👉🏼 to direct focus across a screen or page.
History
Pointing finger icons have been a staple of digital communication since the early days of the web, serving as a modern replacement for the classic 'manicule' or printer's fist, which dates back to the Middle Ages. The medium-light skin tone variant was introduced in 2015 as part of the effort to expand human diversity in emoji sets via the Unicode skin tone modifier system.
Details
Glyph
👈🏼
Unicode
U+1F448 U+1F3FC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f448_1f3fc:
HTML Entity
����
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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