Index pointing up: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A hand with a medium skin tone, showing a closed fist with a single index finger pointing directly upward. The back of the hand is visible, and the finger is angled slightly to the right.
Usage Context
Widely used to grab attention, indicate that someone has a question, or signal the number one. It is often placed above a block of text to emphasize a point or direct the reader's gaze, functioning similarly to a directional sign or an exclamation. It is frequently grouped with 👆 or ☝️ to denote importance or to act as a placeholder for a 'wait a minute' gesture.
History
This emoji traces back to the classic 'printer's fist' or manicule, a typographical mark used in manuscripts since the Middle Ages to draw attention to specific passages. It was formalized in the Unicode standard to maintain continuity with legacy Japanese mobile phone character sets that used these gestures for navigation and signaling.
Details
Glyph
☝🏽
Unicode
U+261D U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u261d_1f3fd:
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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