Backhand index pointing right: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A cartoonish right-hand showing an index finger extended firmly toward the right, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. The hand is drawn in a flat, bold style typical of modern digital platforms.

Usage Context

This emoji acts as a digital signpost. It is frequently used to direct a reader’s attention to a specific link, an image, or a piece of text that follows in a conversation. It is the natural counterpart to 👈 and is often used to emphasize a point or nudge someone to look at what was previously mentioned.

History

Pointing fingers have been a staple of visual communication since the early days of typography, known as a 'manicule' or 'printer's fist.' When brought into the digital age, this icon became a core feature of early web design, helping users navigate clickable interfaces before it was adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010.

Details

Glyph

👉🏼

Unicode

U+1F449 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f449_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC49;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-single-finger

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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