Index pointing at the viewer Emoji

People

A hand with an extended index finger pointing directly forward, as if accusing, selecting, or calling someone out. It is often used to grab a reader’s attention or signal that a specific person is being addressed.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to emphasize personal accountability, recruit someone for a task, or identify a specific individual in a chat. It is the direct visual equivalent of a classic 'I Want You' propaganda poster. It is often paired with 👉 to indicate direction or 👆 to draw attention to preceding text.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2022, this gesture was long requested by users as a digital way to replicate the 'pointing finger' motion used in face-to-face communication to highlight or single out a specific person in a crowd.

Details

Glyph

🫵

Unicode

U+1FAF5

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf5:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF5;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory hand-single-finger

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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