Index pointing up: light skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a light skin tone featuring an extended index finger pointing directly upward. The hand is shown from the back, displaying the knuckles and a clean, straight finger gesture.

Usage Context

Used to grab attention, emphasize a point, or direct a reader toward text appearing above a comment. It is frequently used in internet arguments or threads to say 'what they said' or 'read this.' It is often paired with 👆 for emphasis or ☝️ to denote the number one.

History

Tracing its roots back to early typographic symbols used in printing to direct eyes toward important information, the 'manicule' or pointing hand has been a standard in communications for centuries. This specific digital version was brought into the Unicode standard to replicate classic keyboard symbols used in early text messaging systems.

Details

Glyph

☝🏻

Unicode

U+261D U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u261d_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

☝&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

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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