Index pointing at the viewer: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a medium-light skin tone extending an index finger directly forward, aimed at the reader. The gesture creates a direct line of sight between the sender and the recipient.

Usage Context

Used to call out someone, assign blame, or issue a challenge. It functions like an accusatory 'you' in a conversation, often used in internet arguments or to single someone out in a group chat, similar to the vibe of 👉 or ☝️.

History

This emoji was added in 2022 as part of Emoji 14.0. It was created to fill a gap in digital communication where users wanted to break the 'fourth wall' of a chat interface to address the other person directly, mirroring the style of classic 'I Want You' recruitment posters.

Details

Glyph

🫵🏼

Unicode

U+1FAF5 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf5_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF5;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

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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