Index pointing up: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-toned hand with the index finger extended straight upward, palm facing away. This glyph mirrors the physical gesture of drawing attention to a specific point or demanding the floor in a conversation.

Usage Context

Widely used to emphasize a preceding statement, indicate that a user is 'first' in a queue, or to highlight a piece of text directly above a post. It is frequently paired with 👆 for vertical focus or ☝️ to signal a singular point of interest.

History

While the basic index finger has been a staple of digital communication since the early days of Wingdings and character-based typography, the ability to modify skin tones arrived in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update to better represent diverse global users.

Details

Glyph

☝🏿

Unicode

U+261D U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u261d_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

☝&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

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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