Index pointing at the viewer: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A hand with a medium skin tone holding its index finger straight out, pointing directly forward as if singling someone out. The perspective is designed to look like the finger is aimed right at the person looking at their screen.

Usage Context

Used to grab attention, assign blame, or issue a challenge. It is the digital equivalent of a person pointing their finger at you during a debate or a high-pressure situation. People often use it alongside 👉 to direct focus or to emphasize a specific personal call-to-action.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2022. Its design reflects the growing need for more direct, confrontational, or targeted gestures in digital messaging, moving beyond simple static hand signs to mimic real-world non-verbal communication.

Details

Glyph

🫵🏽

Unicode

U+1FAF5 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faf5_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEF5;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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